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Mount Kenya bush viper

Atheris desaixi

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

Precisa un médicoRaramente mortal, pero unha mordedura precisa un médico.

Víboras e outras serpes da familia

MordeCome: Carne

Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

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

Vive en

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

África

Inicio

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

Lonxitude

40 cm a 70 cm (1,3 ft a 2,3 ft)1

Velocidade máxima

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

En terra, estimación aproximada

Que come?

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

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

Como recoñecelo

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 da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

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

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

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

Que fai cando ten medo?

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

Se morde

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 a persoa quieta e tranquila, mantén o membro mordido á altura do corazón, quítalle aneis e cousas apertadas e vai rápido a un hospital.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

En que lugar do mundo?

África Asia Europa América do Norte América do Sur Australia e Oceanía

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

mide coma 4 bananas postas en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 110 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Mount Kenya bush viper comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

Unha tartaruga uns 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

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

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico: Atheris desaixi
Grupo: Víboras e outras serpes da familia
Familia: Viperidae2
Orde: Squamata
Continentes: África
Crías: It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
Como lle vai na natureza: Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
Perigo para as persoas: 3 / 5: Grave3

De onde veñen os datos

Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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