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Israeli mole viper

Atractaspis engaddensis

Davart il num: The scientific name refers to Ein Gedi, the place on the western shore of the Dead Sea where the snake was first found. Its common name 'mole viper' comes from its habit of living in underground burrows.1

Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.

Serps cun dents davos

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

The Israeli mole viper is a small, dark, venomous snake that lives in deserts in the Middle East. It spends most of its time underground or hidden under rocks, and it is active mainly at night. It is one of the most venomous snakes in its region, but bites to people are rare.1

Viva en

Palestine, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia1

Asia

Pagina iniziala

It lives mainly in arid or semi-arid desert areas, in underground burrows and under rocks. It is also found in desert oases and around streams and springs rich in vegetation. It sometimes enters human settlements, and it can be seen basking on roads on warm nights.1

Lunghezza

60 cm fin 80 cm (2 ft fin 2,6 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 4,8 km/h (3 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It prefers hatchling snakes, but it also eats lizards and small mammals such as young rodents.1

Foto da Israeli mole viper — Israeli mole viper. Foto: PyramidsFC. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Its body is usually dark black.1
It has small eyes with round pupils.1
Its head and tail are short and pointed, so the two ends can be hard to tell apart, even for experts.1
It is about 60 to 80 cm long.1
It is active mainly at night.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 contains three toxins called sarafotoxins, which act strongly on the heart. The venom affects the heart's electrical rhythm, causing an A-V block, which means the signal between the upper and lower chambers of the heart is interrupted. Death from very high doses is rapid and seems to result from effects on the nerves.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is an extremely venomous snake. Bites are rare because it lives mostly in deserts and underground and is slow to react. Most people survive a bite with little or no lasting damage, even small children with proper treatment. Only 2 to 3 fatal cases have been recorded since its discovery in 1950, the most recent in 2002, when a man tried to capture a snake near his house.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it rolls up with its tail raised and its head hidden under its body.1

Sch'el morda

Lava la morsa, tegna la persuna quieta e tschertga agid medicinal. Tschertas spezias (sco il boomslang) pon esser mortalas pir uras pli tard.

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 1,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 75 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Israeli mole viper 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)

Israeli mole viper circa 4,8 km/h (3 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its fangs can be turned to point outside its mouth, so it can stab sideways even with its mouth closed.1

Capturing this snake is dangerous, because it can bite sideways even when held by the head. Zoologist Heinrich Mendelssohn was bitten this way when he first captured one in 1944.1

There is currently no antivenom available for this snake.1

Its eggs are large compared with its body size and with snakes in general.1

It mates in July and August, which is late compared with other snakes and may point to a tropical origin.1

It is relatively non-aggressive and slow to react, even when disturbed.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Atractaspis engaddensis
Gruppa: Serps cun dents davos
Famiglia: Atractaspididae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Asia
Poppins: Between the end of September and November, the female lays 2 to 3 large, elongated eggs, about 7.5 cm long, in humid conditions. The young hatch after about 3 months already equipped with venom.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Atractaspis engaddensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atractaspis engaddensis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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