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Stejneger's pit viper

Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Malunga negama: It is named after Leonhard Stejneger, a Norwegian-born American herpetologist (a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians) who worked at the Smithsonian Institution for over 60 years.1
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.
Ii-pit viper UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Stejneger's pit viper is a venomous snake found across much of Asia, from India and Nepal to southern China and Taiwan. It lives mainly in forests, where its bright green colour helps it blend in with the leaves. Its bite is very painful and destroys the flesh around the wound, so it is one to know about.1

Sihlala
India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, southern China, Vietnam and Taiwan1
IAsiya
Ekhaya
Its preferred habitat is forest, from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level.1
Ubude
75 cm (2,5 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats small rodents, birds, frogs and lizards.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Stejneger's pit viper
Stejneger's pit viper. Ifoto: Evan Pickett. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Bright to dark green on the upper body1
  • Pale green to whitish on the underside1
  • A stripe along each side, orange or brown below and white above in males; females have a bicoloured or white-only stripe1
  • Yellow-coloured individuals have been reported1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: In India it is often confused with the snake Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It has a potent hemotoxin, a venom that damages blood and body tissue. The bite usually feels extremely painful, like being branded with a hot iron, and the pain can last about 24 hours. Within a few minutes the flesh around the bite dies and turns black, and the wound swells quickly.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The bite causes severe pain and tissue death around the wound. The amount of tissue damaged depends on how much venom is injected and how deep the bite is.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Stejneger's pit viper malunga ne-75 cm ubude (2,5 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-100 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Stejneger's pit viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

The bite can cause tissue death within minutes, with the damaged skin and muscle turning black.1

2

It is known by many common names, including bamboo viper, Chinese tree viper and red tail snake.1

3

It can be found at altitudes from sea level to 2,000 m.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Iqela
Ii-pit viper
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAsiya
Iintsana
It is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimeresurus stejnegeri (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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