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Hump-nosed viper

Hypnale hypnale
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The hump-nosed viper is a small, stout pit viper with an upturned snout that ends in a hump. It lives in India and Sri Lanka, in jungle and coffee plantations. It matters because its bite can cause serious harm, and for a long time it was wrongly thought to be harmless.1

Ihlala
Peninsular India, up to the Western Ghats as far north as 16° N, and Sri Lanka1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives in dense jungle and coffee plantations in hilly areas. It spends the day in leaf litter and thick bushes, and it is active in the early morning and at night. It is sometimes found basking on stream sides at sunrise.1
Ubude
30 cm kuya ku-45 cm (1 ft kuya ku-1.5 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.2 km/h (2 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Hump-nosed viper
Hump-nosed viper. Isithombe: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Grey or greyish body with heavy brown mottling1
  • A double row of large dark spots running along the body1
  • A pointed snout that turns upwards and ends in a hump1
  • A brownish or yellowish belly with dark mottling1
  • The tip of the tail is yellow or reddish1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom causes coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting, and acute renal failure, which is sudden kidney failure. If a bite is not treated within a few hours, it can be fatal to people.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

Bites were once thought to be harmless, but they are now known to be serious. It is the snake that causes the highest number of recorded snake bites in Sri Lanka. It is now considered highly venomous and is one of the medically important venomous snakes in Sri Lanka and on the south-west coast of India.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When annoyed it vibrates its tail, a warning behaviour it shares with other pit vipers such as rattlesnakes, and it can make fast strikes despite being a slow mover.1

Uma siluma

  • Bites need medical treatment within a few hours. An antivenom is being developed and tested in Sri Lanka.1
  • 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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Hump-nosed viper ubude obucishe bube ngu-45 cm (1.5 ft)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-2.5 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-14 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-110 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Hump-nosed viper mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

For a long time its bites were thought to be harmless, but they are now known to cause serious complications.1

2

It causes more recorded snake bites in Sri Lanka than any other snake.1

3

It vibrates its tail when annoyed, a behaviour it shares with rattlesnakes.1

4

Although it is a slow mover, it can make fast strikes.1

5

Females give birth to live young, with broods of 4 to 17 newborns.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Its bites are harmless.

Iqiniso: Its bites can cause serious complications, including blood clotting problems and kidney failure, and can be fatal if not treated within a few hours.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Hypnale hypnale
Iqembu
Ama-pit viper
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Izinsana
It bears live young, usually from March through July. A brood ranges from 4 to 17 newborns, each about 13 to 14.5 cm long.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Hypnale hypnale (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypnale hypnale (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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