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Central American bushmaster

Lachesis stenophrys

Malunga negama: The specific name stenophrys comes from Greek words meaning "narrow" and "brow" or "eyebrow".1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Central American bushmaster is a large pit viper that lives in the rainforests of Central America. It is a heavy, long snake, and adults commonly grow to more than 200 cm. It hunts at night on the forest floor.1

Sihlala

Atlantic lowlands of southern Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; Pacific lowlands of central and eastern Panama1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in tropical rainforest and lower montane wet forest, where annual rainfall is very heavy, often 2,000 to 4,000 mm. In drier parts of Nicaragua it is found in gallery forests and seasonally dry forests, but always near water. It is hardly ever found outside old growth forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,100 m.1

Ubude

2 m ukuya ku-3,6 m (6,6 ft ukuya ku-12 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,9 km/h (3 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It mainly preys on spiny rats and other small rodents.1

Ifoto ka-Central American bushmaster — Central American bushmaster. Ifoto: TimVickers. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults commonly grow to more than 200 cm, and may exceed 330 cm including the tail.1
Broadly rounded head with a snout that is not raised.1
A pronounced ridge running along the middle of the back, most distinct on the last quarter of the body.1
Colour pattern is darker than that of Lachesis muta.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Lachesis muta is a close relative. The Central American bushmaster has a darker colour pattern than L. muta.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Ukuba siyaluma

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-4 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-20 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-73 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Central American bushmaster mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Central American bushmaster malunga ne-4,9 km/h (3 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

A Costa Rican specimen recorded by Ditmars in 1910 measured 349 cm (11 feet 4 inches).1

It needs very wet conditions and is rarely found outside old growth forest.1

It is terrestrial and nocturnal, meaning it lives on the ground and is active at night.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Lachesis stenophrys
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Lachesis stenophrys (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis stenophrys (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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