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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii

Gbasara aha ya: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1

Naanị na-afụ ụfụỌ na-afụ ụfụ, mana ọ gaghị emerụ gị ahụ nke ukwuu.

Viper na adder

ỊtaNri ya: Anụ

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

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

Ebe obibi

Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1

Afrịka

Ụlọ

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

Ogologo

20 cm ruo 35 cm (7.9 in ruo 1.1 ft)1

Ọsọ kacha elu

ihe dị ka 3.1 km/h (1.9 mph)

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It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1

Foto Kenya montane viper — Kenya montane viper. Foto: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

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

Ike nsị

Ịta

Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.

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Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara

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Mbe ihe dị ka 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Kenya montane viper ihe dị ka 3.1 km/h (1.9 mph)

Mmadụ na-aga ije ihe dị ka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

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

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

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

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị: Montatheris hindii
Otu: Viper na adder
Ezinụlọ: Viperidae2
Usoro: Squamata
Kọntinent dị iche iche: Afrịka
Ụmụ ọhụrụ: 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
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: 2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Montatheris hindii (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
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