Mount Kenya bush viper
The Mount Kenya bush viper is a venomous snake with a striking black and yellow pattern. It lives only in Kenya, in two small, separate areas of forest. Its bite can cause serious swelling and bleeding problems, so it is important to know it.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Ground colour is greenish-black to charcoal-black, with each scale tipped in yellow or yellowish-green, giving a speckled look.1
- Some scales form a series of loops along the sides, which may join into zigzag patterns towards the back.1
- The underside is yellow near the front, fading to purplish-black towards the rear and under the tail.1
- Young snakes are mainly yellow with a white-tipped tail. They darken as they grow and reach adult colours at about 30 cm.1
- Adults are usually 40 to 60 cm long, including the tail.1
Poder del verí
El verí surt pels ullals o les dents quan mossega.
Què fa el seu verí?
Its venom contains powerful anticoagulants, which are substances that stop blood from clotting properly. A bite causes significant swelling and pain. Poor clotting may be severe enough to need blood transfusions.1
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: GreuUna mossegada necessita un metge. Les morts són molt rares.In the one recorded bite, a Kenyan collector was bitten on a finger by an adult snake. The bite caused significant swelling and pain, and he made a full recovery. The snakes are relatively large for their genus, so a bite should be taken seriously.1
Què fa quan té por?
When captured, it strikes readily and struggles vigorously. It may also give a threat display, rubbing its coils and keeled scales together to make a loud hiss.1
Si mossega
- Because the venom can stop blood clotting, any bite should be treated as serious and needs urgent medical care. In the one recorded bite, a tourniquet was applied and an unknown antivenin was given, but the antivenin probably made no difference.1
- Mantén la persona quieta i tranquil·la, mantén l'extremitat mossegada a l'altura del cor, treu-li anells i coses que estrenyin i porta-la de pressa a un hospital.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n mossega un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
fa de llarg com 4 plàtans en fila
podria recórrer 100 metres en 110 segons (l'humà més ràpid necessita 9,6)Que gran és Mount Kenya bush viper comparat amb TU?
Només càlculs al teu navegador. No es desa ni s'envia res enlloc.
Com de ràpid va?
Dades
Its coloration gives it excellent camouflage in the forest, so it is very hard to spot.1
Its speckled, looped pattern changes from juvenile yellow to adult black and yellow as it grows.1
It is arboreal, which means it lives in trees and bushes, moving slowly and deliberately among the branches.1
Captive snakes soon calm down, and their threat display disappears.1
Per a experts en verins
- Nom científic
- Atheris desaixi
- Grup
- Escurçons i vibres
- Família
- Viperidae2
- Ordre
- Squamata
- Continents
- Àfrica
- Cries
- It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
- Com li va a la natura
- Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
- Perill per a les persones
- 3 / 5: Greu3
D'on surten les dades
- Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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