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Saint Lucia lancehead

Bothrops caribbaeus

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Ii-pit viper

Ukuluma

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Saint Lucia lancehead is a pit viper, a type of snake that can sense heat. It lives only on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles. It is endangered, so it matters a great deal to conservation.1

Sihlala

Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles (Caribbean)1

uMntla Melika

Ubude

1,3 m (4,3 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Ifoto ka-Saint Lucia lancehead — Saint Lucia lancehead. Ifoto: Katie Breach. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Grey to grey-brown in colour1
An irregular stripe runs across the side of the head (temporal stripe)1
Grey or brown markings are distinct along the middle of the back and fade towards the sides1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The only recorded bite caused local pain and swelling at first. About a week later the victim developed facial paralysis, local bleeding, extensive swelling, and swelling in the abdomen and chest. Tissue death (necrosis) and reduced blood flow to the brain (cerebral ischemia) were also reported.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Bites are extremely rare, with only one report. That bite caused severe, long-lasting harm.1

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 neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-7 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-92 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Saint Lucia lancehead 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)

Saint Lucia lancehead malunga ne-3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

The only place outside Saint Lucia where these snakes are kept is the Kentucky Reptile Zoo.1

Today it is limited to two areas of the island, which is why it is so threatened.1

It is classed as endangered, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Bothrops caribbaeus
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Imeko yaso endle: Endangered1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Saint Lucia lancehead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops caribbaeus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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