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Two-striped forest pitviper

Bothrops bilineatus
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Ii-pit viper UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The two-striped forest pitviper is a highly venomous snake that lives mostly in trees and bushes. It is a pale green pit viper found in the Amazon region of South America. It is an important cause of snakebites across the whole Amazon.1

Sihlala
Amazon region of South America, plus an isolated population in southeastern Brazil1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in lowland rain forest, in shrubs, palms and trees, and near water. It is almost always found in bushes and trees along streams or at the edges of forest clearings.1
Ubude
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats small mammals such as mouse opossums and mice, as well as birds, lizards and frogs. It mostly waits in ambush rather than actively hunting. Juveniles stay closer to the ground to feed on small frogs and lizards.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Two-striped forest pitviper
Two-striped forest pitviper. Ifoto: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Pale green body1
  • Dark speckling or paired tan or reddish brown spots along the back1
  • A creamy yellow line running down each side of the body1
  • Pink tail tip bordered with yellow1
  • Pale green eyes and a relatively slender body with a grasping tail1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom disrupts blood clotting, causing profound coagulopathy, bruising and spontaneous bleeding. Reported symptoms include local pain, swelling, bleeding gums, bleeding from the fang punctures, nausea, shock, loss of consciousness and bleeding from the mouth, nose and eyes.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is highly venomous and an important cause of snakebite throughout the Amazon region. Because it lives in trees, most bites are to the upper body, including the hands, arms and face. At least one death has been reported.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?

Two-striped forest pitviper malunga ne-1,2 m ubude (4 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)Umntu omdala malunga ne-1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-7 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-100 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Two-striped forest pitviper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its prehensile tail lets it grip branches, so it always rests where it can anchor itself.1

2

Its venom has been measured in a laboratory with a DL50 of 6.28 mg/kg, a standard measure of how toxic a substance is.1

3

It is a nocturnal snake that spends the day hidden in thick leaves, tree hollows or at the base of palm fronds.1

4

Young snakes stay low to the ground, where they hunt small frogs and lizards.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Bothrops bilineatus
Iqela
Ii-pit viper
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana
Females give birth to live young, as the eggs hatch inside the mother's body.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Bothrops bilineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops bilineatus (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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