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Indian saw-scaled viper

Echis carinatus
KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga okutta ku Nsi. Bw'ekuluma, kuba essimu okufuna obuyambi amangu ddala.Obuyambi obw'amangu n'eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) biwonya abantu abasinga obungi. Kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze mangu ddala.
Vipers n'essalambwa KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

The saw-scaled viper is a small, venomous snake of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is the smallest of the 'big four' Indian snakes that cause the most snakebite cases and deaths. It is easy to miss, which is one reason it causes so many bites.1

Kibeera mu
Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, from India and Sri Lanka to Iraq and Afghanistan1
Asiya
Awaka
It lives on sand, rock, soft soil and in scrubland, and is often found hiding under loose rocks. During the day it hides in deep mammal burrows, rock cracks and rotted logs, and in sandy ground it may bury itself, leaving only the head showing.1
Obuwanvu
38 cm okutuuka ku 80 cm (1,2 ft okutuuka ku 2,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It feeds on rodents, lizards, frogs and a range of arthropods, including scorpions, centipedes and large insects. Its diet changes with what prey is available.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Indian saw-scaled viper
Indian saw-scaled viper. Ekifaananyi: Shantanu Kuveskar. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Small, usually no more than 60 cm long in total1
  • Pale buff, grey, reddish, olive or pale brown body with whitish spots edged in dark brown1
  • A whitish cross or trident pattern on the top of the head1
  • A faint stripe running from the eye to the angle of the jaw1
  • Whitish to pinkish belly, sometimes with brown dots1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom causes swelling and pain within minutes of a bite, and the swelling can spread up the whole limb within 12 to 24 hours, with blisters forming on the skin. The more dangerous effects are whole-body: bleeding and clotting problems, bleeding from the stomach, lungs, nose or urine, and possible shock. Most patients produce little or no urine within a few hours to six days after the bite.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

About 20% of its bites used to be fatal, but deaths are now quite rare because antivenom is available. It is one of the species responsible for the most snakebite cases because it is inconspicuous and extremely aggressive.1

Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened it forms a double coil in a figure of eight, with its head in the centre, so it can lash out like a released spring.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Antivenin therapy and intravenous hydration within hours of the bite are vital for survival.1
  • Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Indian saw-scaled viper kiwanvu nga 80 cm (2,6 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 1,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 110 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

On average it produces about 18 mg of dry venom, with a recorded maximum of 72 mg. The lethal dose for an adult is estimated at only 5 mg.1

2

When it rains, up to 80% of the adult population may climb into bushes and trees. Once, about 20 individuals were seen massed on one cactus or small shrub.1

3

It moves mainly by sidewinding, a method it is very skilled at and surprisingly quick with. Only two points of its body touch the hot ground, which may help it avoid overheating.1

4

Its venom is used to make several drugs, including echistatin, an anticoagulant that can be made by chemical synthesis, and ecarin, used in a clotting test.1

5

In the northern parts of its range, it hibernates in winter.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Echis carinatus
Ekibinja
Vipers n'essalambwa
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Abaana abawere
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous), usually 3 to 15 per litter, each 115 to 152 mm long.1
Akabi eri abantu
5 / 5: Kitta3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Echis carinatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Echis carinatus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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