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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii
Ku linnya: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Vipers n'essalambwa KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

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

Kibeera mu
Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1
Afirika
Awaka
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
Obuwanvu
20 cm okutuuka ku 35 cm (7,9 in okutuuka ku 1,1 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Kenya montane viper
Kenya montane viper. Ekifaananyi: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • 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

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Bwe kiruma

  • 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?

Kenya montane viper kiwanvu nga 35 cm (1,1 ft)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 11 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 120 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Kenya montane viper kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Montatheris hindii
Ekibinja
Vipers n'essalambwa
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Abaana abawere
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
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montatheris hindii (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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