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Peringuey's adder

Bitis peringueyi
Davart il num: It is named after Louis Péringuey, a South African entomologist (an expert on insects) and museum director.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Vipras MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Peringuey's adder is a small viper that lives in the Namib desert of Namibia and southern Angola. It hides under the sand, with only its eyes and the tip of its tail showing, and waits for lizards to pass by. It is a venomous snake that uses its venom to catch its prey.1

Viva en
Namib desert, from southern Angola to Lüderitz in Namibia, plus the Fish River Canyon and parts of the Sahara1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in desert areas, mostly near sand dunes, where it buries itself just beneath the surface of the sand. It is found in the Namib desert from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia, and also in the Fish River Canyon.1
Lunghezza
20 cm fin 32 cm (7,9 in fin 1 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats lizards, including Meroles lizards and the barking gecko Ptenopus. It ambushes prey by lying buried in the sand, then seizes and envenomates it when the prey comes close. Aporosaura lizards, which have high water content, are an important source of water for this snake.1
Propi!Foto da Peringuey's adder
Peringuey's adder. Foto: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 25 cm long including the tail1
  • Short, flat head with the eyes set on top of the head1
  • Pale buff, chestnut brown to orange-brown or sandy-grey body, with three rows of faint, elongated grey to dark spots1
  • Body also dotted with an irregular pattern of pale and dark spots1
  • Whitish or dirty yellow belly; the tail is usually tan, but about 25% of individuals have a black tail1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Peringuey's adder circa 32 cm lung (1 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 10 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 120 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Peringuey's adder cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It buries itself under the sand with only its eyes and the tip of its tail exposed, waiting to ambush prey.1

2

Individuals with black tail tips may use the tail to lure prey, a behaviour called caudal luring.1

3

Its head is sharp and shaped to cut through the sand as it burrows.1

4

It gets an important part of its water from the Aporosaura lizards it eats.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Bitis peringueyi
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Bitis peringueyi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis peringueyi (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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