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Whitetail lancehead

Bothrops leucurus

Malunga negama: Its scientific name, leucurus, comes from Latin words meaning 'white' and 'tail'.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The whitetail lancehead is a venomous pit viper, a snake that has heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives only in Brazil, where it is found in forests and in both towns and countryside. It matters because it causes more snake bites in the state of Bahia than any other snake.1

Sihlala

Endemic to Brazil: eastern coast from northern Espírito Santo to Alagoas and Ceará, and inland in parts of Bahia1

uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in forests and in arid, semi-arid, dry, humid and sub-humid regions. It is found in both urban and rural areas, so people can meet it close to homes.1

Ubude

25 cm ukuya ku-1,8 m (9,8 in ukuya ku-6 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

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

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It eats rodents, lizards, amphibians, snakes and birds. Adults mostly eat rodents, while young snakes mostly eat frogs and lizards.1

Ifoto ka-Whitetail lancehead — Whitetail lancehead. Ifoto: No machine-readable author provided. Danleo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Colour ranges from tan to reddish-brown.1
The pattern varies, with darker and lighter spots or light diagonal lines along the sides.1
The belly is yellowish or whitish, with dark brown or grey spots and irregular spots on the sides.1
It has 23 to 31 rows of scales along the middle of the body.1
It is a terrestrial snake, so it lives on the ground.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom is haemotoxic, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It breaks down blood clots, damages tissue and causes bleeding, and it can cause muscle death (myonecrosis) in people. Symptoms include local pain, swelling, redness and bruising, bleeding and clotting problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, urinary problems, headaches, dizziness, low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, visual disturbances and tremors.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is responsible for the most snake bites in the state of Bahia, Brazil.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-4 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-10 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-92 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Whitetail 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)

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

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is one of the snakes responsible for the most bites in Bahia, Brazil.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Bothrops leucurus
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young after a gestation period of four months, with a typical litter of 19 young, born between winter and summer.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Bothrops leucurus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops leucurus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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