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Horseshoe pit viper

Craspedocephalus strigatus

Malunga negama: Its common name comes from the pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of its neck.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The horseshoe pit viper is a venomous snake that lives only in the Western Ghats mountains of southern India. It has a pale horseshoe-shaped mark on the back of its neck, which gives it its common name. It is special because its natural range is very small, possibly the smallest of any pit viper confirmed from India.1

Sihlala

Western Ghats of South India, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, including the Upper Nilgiri Mountains1

IAsiya

Ekhaya

It prefers montane forests, shola patches (small pockets of forest in grassland) and grasslands, at altitudes of 1,100 to 2,400 m. Most sightings are on the ground or on rock formations.1

Ubude

40 cm (1,3 ft)3

ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It preys on frogs, smaller snakes and small rodents such as mice.1

Ifoto ka-Horseshoe pit viper — Horseshoe pit viper. Ifoto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

A pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of the neck.1
Pale brownish or buff body with darker grey blotches and some white streaks.1
Small internasal scales on the snout.1
21 rows of smooth or weakly keeled scales along the middle of the body.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often grouped with other pit vipers of peninsular India. It can be told apart by its small internasal scales, the second upper lip scale touching the loreal pit (the heat-sensing pit between eye and nostril), 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and a single row of scales between the lip scales and the eye scales.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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 neebhanana eziyi-2 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-12 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Horseshoe pit viper 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)

Horseshoe pit viper malunga ne-3,2 km/h (2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It may be the pit viper confirmed from India with the smallest geographic range of all.1

It was historically misidentified and misreported from places outside the Western Ghats, including the Eastern Ghats.1

It is terrestrial, spending most of its time on the ground or on rock formations.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: The horseshoe pit viper is found across a wide area, including parts of the Eastern Ghats.

Inyaniso: Early reports from outside the Western Ghats were misidentifications. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Craspedocephalus strigatus
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Craspedocephalus strigatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Craspedocephalus strigatus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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