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Ethiopian mountain adder

Bitis parviocula
Davart il num: The specific name parviocula means "small-eyed", from the Latin words parvus (small) and oculus (eye).1
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.
Vipras Morsas
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The Ethiopian mountain adder is a large venomous viper that lives only in Ethiopia. It has a broad head and striking geometric patterns along its back. Scientists knew very little about it for many years, and it is still being studied.1

Viva en
Ethiopia only, on both sides of the Rift Valley, in the Bale Mountains and between Bonga and Jimma1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It has been found in forested areas west of the Rift Valley, including a forest clearing in an old coffee plantation and the grounds of a brewery in a forest town. In the east it was found in high grassland near a rocky stream. It has been collected at altitudes of 1,700 to 2,800 metres.1
Lunghezza
1,3 m (4,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Ethiopian mountain adder
Ethiopian mountain adder. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • It is large, with a broad, flat, triangular head that is distinct from its thin neck.1
  • A pattern of black hexagons or diamonds runs down the centre of the back, linked by yellow butterfly-shaped markings.1
  • Black triangular spots with white centres run down the upper flanks, and greenish-grey triangles with yellow edges sit on the lower flanks.1
  • The head is brown with a dark triangle between the eyes and a dark hammer shape behind it.1
  • The upper lip scales are white, and the chin and throat are white with black speckling.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 was essentially unknown until recently, so its toxicity and make-up are still poorly understood. It is assumed to cause at least some of the bites reported in the densely populated areas where it lives. The venom can be neutralised by SAIMR antivenom.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

Local people regard it as very dangerous. The only well-documented bite involved a herpetologist from Texas in 2009, who was bitten on the finger by a young captive snake and survived.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

In the one living specimen studied, it was less irritable than the puff adder and was not inclined to strike, but it hissed when teased and struggled furiously when restrained.1

Sch'el morda

  • 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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Ethiopian mountain adder circa 1,3 m lung (4,3 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 7 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 100 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Ethiopian mountain adder cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

The first specimen known to science was a road kill on the east side of the Rift Valley in Ethiopia.1

2

In 1995, the species was known from only three specimens.1

3

In 2007, an exporter transported 20 of these snakes to the United States.1

4

In 2014, the San Diego Zoo became the first U.S. zoo to successfully breed the species in captivity.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Bitis parviocula
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Bitis parviocula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis parviocula (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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