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Western bush viper

Atheris chlorechis
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Vipers n'essalambwa KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The western bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of West Africa. It spends much of its time up in bushes and trees, where its bright green colour helps it blend in. It matters because its venom can cause life-threatening harm, and there is no antivenom for it.1

Kibeera mu
Forests of West Africa, from Sierra Leone through Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana to southern Togo1
Afirika
Awaka
It lives in forests, in dense foliage about 1–2 m above the ground.1
Obuwanvu
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is said to feed on rodents, lizards and tree frogs.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Western bush viper
Western bush viper. Ekifaananyi: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Adults are a uniform light green, with faint yellow, roughly paired spots running along the back, about 2.5 cm apart.1
  • The belly is pale green.1
  • The body is relatively slender and the tail is relatively long.1
  • The dorsal scales are heavily keeled, with a swelling at the end of each scale.1
  • Young snakes under 25 cm long are tan-brown when born, turning yellow-green with irregular dark spots within 24 hours.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom can lead to major systemic envenoming, which means the effects spread through the whole body. Other effects include shock, blood loss due to coagulopathy (the blood cannot clot properly), and renal failure (kidney failure).1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

Its venom can cause serious, life-threatening harm, including shock and kidney failure.1

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

Wa mu nsi?

AfirikaAsiyaBulaayaAmerika ey'ObukiikakkonoAmerika ey'ObukiikaddyoAwusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Western bush viper kiwanvu nga 70 cm (2,3 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)

Western bush viper kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its colour changes as it grows: the reverse of the adult pattern is only seen in young snakes under 25 cm long.1

2

Records from Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon are considered erroneous, so it is not known to live there.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Atheris chlorechis
Ekibinja
Vipers n'essalambwa
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Abaana abawere
It gives birth to live young, 6–9 at a time, in March to April. Newborns are 131–151 mm long.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

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