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Mount Kenya bush viper

Atheris desaixi
Za dzinali: The scientific name Atheris desaixi honours Frank DeSaix, an American Peace Corps volunteer who collected the first specimen.1
Ikufuna dokotalaSiipha kawirikawiri, koma kulumidwa kumafuna dokotala.
Ma viper ndi adder ImalumaImadya: Nyama
Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

The Mount Kenya bush viper is a venomous snake with a striking black and yellow pattern. It lives only in Kenya, in two small, separate areas of forest. Its bite can cause serious swelling and bleeding problems, so it is important to know it.1

Imakhala ku
Kenya only: forests near Chuka on south-eastern Mount Kenya, and near Igembe in the northern Nyambeni range1
Africa
Kunyumba
It lives in dense rain forest at about 1,600 metres above sea level. Its records come from clearings and pathways in thick foliage, about 2 metres above the ground. The air there is very humid.1
Kutalika
40 cm mpaka 70 cm (1,3 ft mpaka 2,3 ft)1
Liwiro lapamwamba
pafupifupi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Pamtunda, kuyerekeza chabe
Imadya chiyani?
It is an opportunist and preys on amphibians, rodents and small birds.1
Zoona!Chithunzi cha Mount Kenya bush viper
Mount Kenya bush viper. Chithunzi: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Mmene ungaizindikirire

  • Ground colour is greenish-black to charcoal-black, with each scale tipped in yellow or yellowish-green, giving a speckled look.1
  • Some scales form a series of loops along the sides, which may join into zigzag patterns towards the back.1
  • The underside is yellow near the front, fading to purplish-black towards the rear and under the tail.1
  • Young snakes are mainly yellow with a white-tipped tail. They darken as they grow and reach adult colours at about 30 cm.1
  • Adults are usually 40 to 60 cm long, including the tail.1

Mphamvu ya ululu

Imaluma

Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.

Ululu wake umachita chiyani?

Its venom contains powerful anticoagulants, which are substances that stop blood from clotting properly. A bite causes significant swelling and pain. Poor clotting may be severe enough to need blood transfusions.1

Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?

Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

In the one recorded bite, a Kenyan collector was bitten on a finger by an adult snake. The bite caused significant swelling and pain, and he made a full recovery. The snakes are relatively large for their genus, so a bite should be taken seriously.1

Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?

When captured, it strikes readily and struggles vigorously. It may also give a threat display, rubbing its coils and keeled scales together to make a loud hiss.1

Ikaluma

  • Because the venom can stop blood clotting, any bite should be treated as serious and needs urgent medical care. In the one recorded bite, a tourniquet was applied and an unknown antivenin was given, but the antivenin probably made no difference.1
  • Munthuyo akhale chete ndi wodekha, chiwalo cholumidwacho chikhale pamlingo wa mtima, chotsa mphete ndi zinthu zothina, ndipo mufikitse kuchipatala mwachangu.

Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba

Khala wotetezeka

  • Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
  • Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
  • Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.

Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka

Kuti padziko lapansi?

AfricaAsiaUlayaAmereka ya KumpotoAmereka ya KumweraAustralia ndi Oceania

Ndi yaikulu bwanji?

Ndi yaitali bwanji?

Mount Kenya bush viper yaitali pafupifupi 70 cm (2,3 ft)Mphaka wapakhomo pafupifupi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Galu pafupifupi 1 m (3,3 ft)
yaitali ngati nthochi 4 zoyalidwa motsatizanaingathamange mamita 100 m'masekondi 110 (munthu wothamanga kwambiri amafunika 9.6)

Mount Kenya bush viper ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.

Imathamanga bwanji?

zoyenera kudziwa

Mfundo

1

Its coloration gives it excellent camouflage in the forest, so it is very hard to spot.1

2

Its speckled, looped pattern changes from juvenile yellow to adult black and yellow as it grows.1

3

It is arboreal, which means it lives in trees and bushes, moving slowly and deliberately among the branches.1

4

Captive snakes soon calm down, and their threat display disappears.1

Za akatswiri a ululu

Dzina la sayansi
Atheris desaixi
Gulu
Ma viper ndi adder
Banja
Viperidae2
Dongosolo
Squamata
Makontinenti
Africa
Ana akhanda
It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
Mmene ilili kuthengo
Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
Ngozi kwa anthu
3 / 5: Yoopsa3

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
  3. Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.

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