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Matilda's horned viper

Atheris matildae
Ku linnya: It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, who was the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania and was part of the team that discovered the snake.1
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Vipers n'essalambwa KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

Matilda's horned viper is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only in the forests of Tanzania. It has bony horn-like points above its eyes, and it was only recorded by scientists in 2011. Its exact location is kept secret to protect it from the illegal pet trade.1

Kibeera mu
Endemic to Tanzania, in the Southern Highlands. It is found nowhere else.1
Afirika
Awaka
It lives in the trees and bushes of forests, and it hunts near streams. The exact location where it was found is not published.1
Obuwanvu
64 cm (2,1 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is most likely a nocturnal ambush predator. It waits by streams at night to catch frogs.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • It has two to three enlarged, horn-like structures above each eye.1
  • It is an arboreal forest viper, so it lives in trees and bushes.1
  • It can grow to a total length of 64.3 cm, which is large for a viper of its kind.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It looks most like the Usambara bush viper (Atheris ceratophora), since both have horn-like structures above the eyes. Matilda's horned viper is larger, and the largest recorded Usambara bush viper measured 51.0 cm.1

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 maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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?

Matilda's horned viper kiwanvu nga 64 cm (2,1 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 110 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Matilda's horned viper kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

Its exact location has been withheld to protect it from being collected for the illegal pet trade.1

2

It was found during a biological survey in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between 2010 and 2011.1

3

The scientists who described it have already set up a captive breeding colony.1

4

It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, a member of the three-person team that discovered it.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Atheris matildae
Ekibinja
Vipers n'essalambwa
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Atheris matildae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris matildae (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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