Phakathi kwabakhileyo e-Amazon nase-Central America, kanye naphakathi kwamakholoni, kunenganekwane ukuthi inyoka yamakhosi ingacula. Lokhu kuye kwashiwo kaningi, okuyinto engajwayelekile, ngoba kuyaziwa ukuthi izinyoka azikwazi ukucula. Ekugcineni, ososayensi banquma ukuqaqa le nkoleloze.
Oqondene nohlobo "Lachesis," inyoka ebusmaster, ebizwa nangokuthi "surukuku", iyinyoka enkulu kunazo zonke eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe futhi ingafika kumamitha ayi-3.5 ubude. Kunolwazi oluncane ngale nyoka, ngoba inani lakhona lincane kakhulu futhi likhetha ukuphila impilo eyimfihlo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sokuphila salezi zinyoka singafinyelela eminyakeni engama-20.
Futhi-ke, ezifundweni zakamuva zensimu ezenzeke e-Peruvia nase-Ecuadorian Amazon, ososayensi bafakazele ukuthi ayikho ingoma yezinyoka. Eqinisweni, ukubizwa kwamaxoxo amakhulu ezihlahla ahlala ezigodini zezihlahla ezingenalutho kwaba "yingoma yenyoka".
Ngaphandle kokuthi abaphathi bamazwe womabili babekhuluma ngazwi linye ngabaphathi bamahlathi becula izinyoka, akukho lutho olwalwaziwa ngamaxoxo. Kodwa-ke, ososayensi banethemba lokuthola inyoka etholwe esikhundleni sayo izinhlobo ezimbili zamaxoxo ohlobo lweTepuihyla. Imiphumela yocwaningo lwabo ishicilelwe ephephabhukwini i-ZooKeys. Abaphenyi abavela e-Catholic University of Ecuador, ePeruvia Institute for Amazonian Studies, e-Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences nase-American University of Colorado babamba iqhaza kulo msebenzi.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi elinye lamaxoxo wuhlobo olusha olubizwa ngeTepuihyla shushupe. Igama elithi "shushupe" lisetshenziswa abanye bomdabu e-Amazon ukubhekisa kumphathi wehlathi. Mangisho ukuthi ukukhala kweselesele akujwayelekile kakhulu kuma-amphibian, ngoba ikakhulu kufana nokucula kwezinyoni. Ngeshwa, kuze kube yilolu suku akukaziwa ukuthi kungani izakhamizi zendawo zihlobanisa lokhu kucula nenyoka. Mhlawumbe le mfumbe izolungiswa yizi-anthropologists kanye nama-ethnographer.
