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Caatinga lancehead

Bothrops erythromelas

Mayelana negama: The scientific name erythromelas comes from Ancient Greek words meaning "red" and "black", which refers to the snake's colouring.1

KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.

Ama-pit viper

UkulumaSidla: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The Caatinga lancehead is a venomous pitviper that lives only in Brazil. It is found in dry shrubland and thorn forest in the north-east of the country. It is worth knowing about because it is quick to strike when disturbed.1

Ihlala

Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe1

INingizimu Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in the Caatinga, a large ecoregion of north-eastern Brazil made of dry shrubland and thorn forest. It is mainly terrestrial and nocturnal, but it climbs into low vegetation.1

Ubude

85 cm (2.8 ft)1

Ijubane eliphezulu

cishe 3.3 km/h (2.1 mph)

Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje

Sidlani?

It feeds mainly on rodents and lizards.1

Isithombe sika-Caatinga lancehead — Caatinga lancehead. Isithombe: Rafael M R Serra. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

Reddish brown back with a double row of black or dark brown triangular markings1
Dark brown head, with some darker markings on the top and sides1
Yellowish underside speckled with brown, with dark spots on the sides1
Strongly keeled dorsal scales, in 21 rows at midbody1
Moderately large eyes with vertically elliptical pupils1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

It is a venomous snake that is highly irritable and can strike violently with minimal provocation.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When approached it tends to hide its head, and it can strike violently if provoked.1

Uma siluma

Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile, gcina isitho esilunyiwe sisezingeni lenhliziyo, khipha izindandatho nezinto eziqinile, bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Kuphi emhlabeni?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

side njengamakati asekhaya angu-1.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-5 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-110 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Caatinga lancehead mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

Ufudu cishe 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Caatinga lancehead cishe 3.3 km/h (2.1 mph)

Umuntu ohambayo cishe 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

It is mainly active on the ground at night, though it climbs into low plants.1

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled and arranged in 21 rows at midbody.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi: Bothrops erythromelas
Iqembu: Ama-pit viper
Umndeni: Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka: Squamata
Amazwekazi: INingizimu Melika
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

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