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Mount Kenya bush viper

Atheris desaixi

Izenari buruz: The scientific name Atheris desaixi honours Frank DeSaix, an American Peace Corps volunteer who collected the first specimen.1

Medikua behar duGutxitan da hilgarria, baina koska batek medikua behar du.

Sugegorriak eta biperak

KoskaJaten du: Haragia

Arriskua pertsonentzat: LarriaKoska batek medikua behar du. Heriotzak oso arraroak dira.

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

Non bizi den

Kenya only: forests near Chuka on south-eastern Mount Kenya, and near Igembe in the northern Nyambeni range1

Afrika

Hasiera

It lives in dense rain forest at about 1,600 metres above sea level. Its records come from clearings and pathways in thick foliage, about 2 metres above the ground. The air there is very humid.1

Luzera

40 cm eta 70 cm artean (1,3 ft eta 2,3 ft artean)1

Abiadura handiena

3,3 km/h inguru (2,1 mph)

Lehorrean, kalkulu gutxi gorabeherakoa

Zer jaten du?

It is an opportunist and preys on amphibians, rodents and small birds.1

Argazkia: Mount Kenya bush viper — Mount Kenya bush viper. Argazkia: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Nola ezagutu

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

Pozoi-ahalmena

Koska

Pozoia letaginetatik edo hortzetatik ateratzen da kosk egiten duenean.

Zer egiten du bere pozoiak?

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

Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?

Arriskua pertsonentzat: LarriaKoska batek medikua behar du. Heriotzak oso arraroak dira.

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

Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?

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

Kosk egiten badu

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
Eutsi pertsona geldi eta lasai, eduki koska jasotako gorputz-adarra bihotzaren mailan, kendu eraztunak eta gauza estuak, eta joan ospitalera azkar.

Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak

Egon seguru

Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
Batek kosk egiten badizu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.

Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago

Munduko zein tokitan?

Afrika Asia Europa Ipar Amerika Hego Amerika Australia eta Ozeania

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Zein luzea da?

4 banana bata bestearen atzetik jarrita bezain luzea100 metro 110 segundotan egin litzake (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia da Mount Kenya bush viper ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Matematika hutsa zure nabigatzailean. Ez da ezer gordetzen, ezta inora bidaltzen ere.

Zein azkarra da?

Dortoka bat 0,3 km/h inguru (0,19 mph)

Mount Kenya bush viper 3,3 km/h inguru (2,1 mph)

Oinez doan pertsona bat 5 km/h inguru (3,1 mph)

jakin beharrekoa

Datuak

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

Pozoi-adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa: Atheris desaixi
Taldea: Sugegorriak eta biperak
Familia: Viperidae2
Ordena: Squamata
Kontinenteak: Afrika
Kumeak: It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
Nola dagoen naturan: Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
Arriskua pertsonentzat: 3 / 5: Larria3

Datuak nondik datozen

Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
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