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Western bush viper

Atheris chlorechis
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 western bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of West Africa. It spends much of its time up in bushes and trees, where its bright green colour helps it blend in. It matters because its venom can cause life-threatening harm, and there is no antivenom for it.1

Viva en
Forests of West Africa, from Sierra Leone through Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana to southern Togo1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in forests, in dense foliage about 1–2 m above the ground.1
Lunghezza
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It is said to feed on rodents, lizards and tree frogs.1
Propi!Foto da Western bush viper
Western bush viper. Foto: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Adults are a uniform light green, with faint yellow, roughly paired spots running along the back, about 2.5 cm apart.1
  • The belly is pale green.1
  • The body is relatively slender and the tail is relatively long.1
  • The dorsal scales are heavily keeled, with a swelling at the end of each scale.1
  • Young snakes under 25 cm long are tan-brown when born, turning yellow-green with irregular dark spots within 24 hours.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 can lead to major systemic envenoming, which means the effects spread through the whole body. Other effects include shock, blood loss due to coagulopathy (the blood cannot clot properly), and renal failure (kidney failure).1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Its venom can cause serious, life-threatening harm, including shock and kidney failure.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?

Western bush viper circa 70 cm lung (2,3 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Western bush viper cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Its colour changes as it grows: the reverse of the adult pattern is only seen in young snakes under 25 cm long.1

2

Records from Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon are considered erroneous, so it is not known to live there.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Atheris chlorechis
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It gives birth to live young, 6–9 at a time, in March to April. Newborns are 131–151 mm long.1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

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