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Mount Kenya bush viper

Atheris desaixi
Waa'ee maqaa: The scientific name Atheris desaixi honours Frank DeSaix, an American Peace Corps volunteer who collected the first specimen.1
Doktora barbaadaYeroo muraasa nama ajjeesa, garuu ciniinnaan doktora barbaada.
Bofoota viper fi adder CiniinnaaNyaata: Foon
Balaa namootaaf: CimaaCiniinnaan doktora barbaada. Du'i baay'ee hin mudatu.

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

Kan jiraatu
Kenya only: forests near Chuka on south-eastern Mount Kenya, and near Igembe in the northern Nyambeni range1
Afrikaa
Mana
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
Dheerina
40 cm hanga 70 cm (1,3 ft hanga 2,3 ft)1
Ariitii olaanaa
gara 3,3 km/sa'a (2,1 mph)
Lafa irra, tilmaama
Maal nyaata?
It is an opportunist and preys on amphibians, rodents and small birds.1
Dhugumaan!Suuraa Mount Kenya bush viper
Mount Kenya bush viper. Suuraa: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Akkaataa itti beekamu

  • 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

Humna summii

Ciniinnaa

Summiin yeroo ciniinu ilkaan summii ykn ilkaan isaa keessaan ba'a.

Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?

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

Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?

Balaa namootaaf: CimaaCiniinnaan doktora barbaada. Du'i baay'ee hin mudatu.

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

Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?

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

Yoo ciniine

  • 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
  • Namicha sochii malee fi tasgabbaa'aa tursiisi, qaama ciniiname sadarkaa onnee irra kaa'i, qubeelaa fi waan cimee hidhu baasi, dafii hospitaala geessi.

Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa

Nageenyaan turi

  • Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
  • Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
  • Yoo tokko si ciniine: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.

Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan

Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?

AfrikaaEeshiyaaAwurooppaaAmeerikaa KaabaaAmeerikaa KibbaaAwustiraaliyaa fi Oshiyaaniyaa

Hammam guddaa dha?

Dheerinni isaa hammam?

Mount Kenya bush viper dheerinni gara 70 cm (2,3 ft)Adurree manaa gara 50 cm (1,6 ft)Saree gara 1 m (3,3 ft)
akka muuzii 4 walitti aananii tarreeffamanii dheeratameetira 100 sekoondii 110 keessatti fiiguu danda'a (namni hundaa caalaa ariifatu 9,6 barbaada)

Mount Kenya bush viper SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?

Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.

Hammam ariifata?

beekuun gaarii dha

Dhugaawwan

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

Ogeeyyii summiitiif

Maqaa saayinsii
Atheris desaixi
Garee
Bofoota viper fi adder
Maatii
Viperidae2
Tartiiba
Squamata
Ardiiwwan
Afrikaa
Ilmoolee
It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
Bosona keessatti haala akkamii keessa jira
Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
Balaa namootaaf
3 / 5: Cimaa3

Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu

  1. Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
  3. Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.

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