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Uzungwe viper

Atheris barbouri
Davart il num: Its scientific name, barbouri, honours the American herpetologist (reptile scientist) Thomas Barbour.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.

The Uzungwe viper is a small, rare snake that lives only on a few mountains in south-central Tanzania, in Africa. It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo, and it mainly eats slugs and worms. Because it has such a tiny home range, it is special to scientists who study it.1

Viva en
Uzungwe and Ukinga mountains, south-central Tanzania, Africa1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo undergrowth on mountain slopes, at about 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Moist forest is preferred, but it has also been found in the gardens of tea farms.1
Lunghezza
40 cm (1,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It is believed to specialise in eating slugs, earthworms and other soft-bodied invertebrates, and possibly also frogs. How it catches its prey has not been described.1
Propi!Foto da Uzungwe viper
Uzungwe viper. Foto: (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Small snake, reaching only 40 cm (16 in) in total length including the tail.1
  • Broad, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck, with a short, rounded snout.1
  • Brown to blackish brown body with a pair of zigzag stripes running from the back of the head to the tail. The stripes may break into a chain of darker diamond-shaped blotches down the back.1
  • Belly is greenish white to olive.1
  • Relatively short tail that is not used for gripping.1

Savens confundì cun: It is similar to Montatheris hindii and Proatheris superciliaris, which are also ground-living vipers. The zigzag stripes and short tail are the features to note.1

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.

No cases of bite have been recorded. Because its range is very small, bites are unlikely to occur.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Uzungwe viper circa 40 cm lung (1,3 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 12 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 120 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Uzungwe viper cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It was first thought to be a burrowing snake, but this is now considered unlikely because it has no obvious body features for living underground.1

2

It has been found in the gardens of tea farms as well as in wild mountain forest.1

3

Its entire known range is only a few mountains in south-central Tanzania.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Atheris barbouri
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It lays eggs. Three females collected in February 1930 each contained 10 eggs.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

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