Ma waena o ka poʻe noho ma Amazon a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ma waena hoʻi o nā kolone, aia kahi kaʻao e hiki i ka viper bushiper ke mele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kēia i nā manawa he nui, he ʻano ʻē, no ka mea, ʻike ʻia ka hilinaʻi ʻaʻole hiki i nā moʻo ke mele. ʻO ka hope loa, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe ʻepekema e wehe i kēia kaʻao.
No ka lāhui "Lachesis," ʻo ka viper bushiper, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo "surukuku", ʻo ia ka viper nui loa ma ka Hemisphere Komohana a hiki i 3.5 mau mika ka lōʻihi. ʻAʻohe ʻike iki e pili ana i kēia nahesa, no ka mea heʻuʻuku kona heluna a makemake ʻo ia e alakaʻi i kahi nohona malū. Eia kekahi, hiki i ke ola o kēia mau moonihoawa ke hiki i 20 mau makahiki.
A no laila, i loko o nā noi kahua i hala iho nei i mālama ʻia ma ka Amazon Peruvian a me Ecuadorian Amazon, ua hōʻoia nā ʻepekema ʻaʻohe mele mele nahesa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke kāhea o nā rana lāʻau nui e noho ana i nā kumu lāʻau hollow i lilo i "mele nahesa".
ʻOiai ke kamaʻilio ʻana o nā alakaʻi mai nā ʻāina ʻelua me ka leo hoʻokahi e pili ana i nā bushmasters e hīmeni ana i nā moʻo, kokoke ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia e pili ana i nā rana. Eia nō naʻe, ke ʻimi nei nā ʻepekema e loaʻa kahi nahesa ma kahi o ia mau ʻano rana ʻelua o ka genus Tepuihyla. Ua paʻi ʻia nā hopena o kā lākou noiʻi ʻana ma ka puke pai ZooKeys. ʻO nā kānaka noiʻi mai ke Kulanui Katolika o Ecuador, ka Institute of Peruvian Studies no ka Amazonian, ka Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Science a me ke Kulanui ʻAmelika o Colorado i komo i ka hana.
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻo kekahi o nā rana, he laha hou ia i kapa ʻia ʻo Tepuihyla shushupe. Hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "shushupe" e kekahi mau ʻōiwi o Amazon e kuhikuhi i ka ululaau. Pono wau e ʻōlelo he ʻano ʻē ka uē ʻana o ka rana no kahi amphibian, ʻoiai ka hapanui o nā mea āpau e like me ke mele ʻana o nā manu. Minamina, a hiki i kēia lā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ke kumu e pili ai nā kamaʻāina kūloko i kēia mele me ka viper. Maliʻa paha e hoʻonā ʻia kēia nane e nā anthropologists a me nā ethnographers.
