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Variable bush viper

Atheris squamigera
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 variable bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the rainforests of west and central Africa. It is a tree-dwelling viper that blends in well with the leaves of the bushes it hunts in. Its bite can cause serious harm, so it is important to recognise it.1

Kan jiraatu
West and central Africa, from Ghana east to western Kenya and Tanzania, south to northern Angola and Bioko Island1
Afrikaa
Mana
It lives mostly in rainforest, where it prefers low, thick, flowering bushes. Its green colouring helps it hide among leaves.1
Dheerina
46 cm hanga 78 cm (1,5 ft hanga 2,6 ft)1
Ariitii olaanaa
gara 3,4 km/sa'a (2,1 mph)
Lafa irra, tilmaama
Maal nyaata?
It eats mainly small mammals. It hunts at night, using its colouring to stay hidden and ambush prey. Cannibalism within the species has been recorded.1
Dhugumaan!Suuraa Variable bush viper
Variable bush viper. Suuraa: LA Dawson. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Akkaataa itti beekamu

  • Usually green, but the colour varies from sage or light green to dark green, bluish, olive or dark olive brown.1
  • Rare individuals may be yellow, reddish or slate grey.1
  • Light-coloured crossbands or chevrons (V-shaped marks) run along the body, usually 30 or more.1
  • The tail has a clear ivory white tip.1

Humna summii

Ciniinnaa

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

Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?

It has hemotoxic venom, which affects the blood. It is injected through two hollow fangs at the front of the mouth. Bites have caused at least one case of severe haematological (blood) complications. The venom is used to make prey defenceless.1

Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?

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

Bites have caused at least one case of severe blood complications and two deaths. No specific antivenom is made for this genus, though antivenom for the genus Echis has been shown to be partly effective against its venom.1

Oduu gaarii: doktoroonni qoricha (qoricha farra summii, antivenom) ykn yaalii kanaaf qabu.1

Yoo ciniine

  • 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

Hammam guddaa dha?

Dheerinni isaa hammam?

Variable bush viper dheerinni gara 78 cm (2,6 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)

Variable 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

Newborn snakes are already venomous and fully independent, so their mother leaves them as soon as they are born.1

2

Young snakes have a dark olive colour with wavy bars. Their adult colours develop within 3 to 4 months.1

3

Breeding in captivity needs very high humidity.1

4

Captive keepers and breeders often call it simply a "Squam".1

5

It is the most widely distributed species in its genus, Atheris.1

Ogeeyyii summiitiif

Maqaa saayinsii
Atheris squamigera
Garee
Bofoota viper fi adder
Maatii
Viperidae2
Tartiiba
Squamata
Ardiiwwan
Afrikaa
Ilmoolee
It gives birth to live young. A single litter can have up to 19 young, though the average is 7 to 9. The young are venomous at birth and are left by their mother straight away.1
Balaa namootaaf
3 / 5: Cimaa3

Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu

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