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Natal Kenya montane viper
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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii
Ko faati e innde ndee: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The Kenya montane viper is a small, venomous snake that lives only in Kenya. It is found high up in the mountains, in open moorland where few trees grow. It is a rare, local animal, found in only a few separate mountain areas.1

Ina wuuri e
Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1
Afrik
Hello arano
It lives in treeless moorlands at high elevations, between 2,700 and 3,800 metres. It hides in clumps of bunch grass for cover.1
Juuteendi
20 cm haa 35 cm (7,9 in haa 1,1 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1
Goonga!Natal Kenya montane viper
Kenya montane viper. Natal: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 30 cm long including the tail1
  • The head is elongated and not very distinct from the neck1
  • The eyes are small and set in a rather forward position1
  • The dorsal (back) scales are strongly keeled, meaning they have a raised ridge along the middle1
  • It is active only during the day, when there is enough sunlight to warm its surroundings1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

So ina ŋata

  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, jogo terɗe ŋataaɗe ɗee e toownde ɓernde, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Kenya montane viper hedde 35 cm juutde (1,1 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 11 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 120 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Kenya montane viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its newborns are already 10 to 13 cm long, a sizeable start for a small snake.1

2

It lives in isolated populations high on Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains.1

3

It is the only species in its genus, Montatheris, which was created for this snake alone.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Montatheris hindii
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It bears live young, as it is ovoviviparous; one wild-caught female gave birth to two young in late January and another gave birth to three in May.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montatheris hindii (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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Ina wuuri kadi e: Afrik

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