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Berg adder

Bitis atropos

Davart il num: The name atropos comes from Atropos, one of the Three Fates in Greek myth, the one who cut the thread of life.1

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Vipras

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The berg adder is a viper that lives only in the mountains of southern Africa. It is found in scattered groups, from South Africa up to Mozambique. Its venom mainly attacks the nerves, which sets it apart from most of its close relatives.1

Viva en

Mountainous regions of southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It prefers cool places with high rainfall. In the north of its range it is found at higher elevations, while in the south it lives in coastal and mountain heathland, rocky hillsides, grassland with bushes, and small rock outcrops at sea level.1

Lunghezza

30 cm fin 50 cm (1 ft fin 1,6 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

Its main prey is rock lizards and small amphibians. It also eats small rodents and the young of ground-nesting birds.1

Foto da Berg adder — Berg adder. Foto: Dave U. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Adults are typically 30 to 40 cm long, from head to tail tip.1
Some females grow to 50 cm in the wild.1
When disturbed, it hisses loudly and twists its body in convulsive movements.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Necrosis (tissue death) or infection seldom follows a bite. Symptoms can start quickly and have been compared to alcohol intoxication, and they are not usually permanent. Possible signs include loss of smell or taste, drooping eyelids and loss of vision.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The venom is not strong enough for a single bite to kill an adult human, and no human deaths have been recorded. However, bites can be troublesome, and their effects sometimes last for days or even weeks.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed, it hisses violently and twists its body convulsively.1

Sch'el morda

Antivenom does not seem to help people bitten by this snake, so treatment should focus on relieving the symptoms.1
Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 16 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Berg adder cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Berg adder circa 3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Unlike most Bitis species, its venom is mainly neurotoxic, so the bite rarely causes tissue death.1

Its scientific name comes from Atropos, the Greek goddess who cut the thread of life.1

In the north of its range it lives at elevations of up to 3,000 m, but in eastern Zimbabwe it is not found below 1,500 m.1

A newborn is about 13 cm long, which is roughly a third of the length of an adult.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Bitis atropos
Gruppa: Vipras
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Africa
Poppins: It gives birth to live young in late summer. The average litter is seven, and up to 15 have been recorded. Each newborn is about 13 cm long.1
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Berg adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bitis atropos (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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