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Berg adder

Bitis atropos
Ibyerekeye izina: The name atropos comes from Atropos, one of the Three Fates in Greek myth, the one who cut the thread of life.1
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Vipera na adder IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The berg adder is a viper that lives only in the mountains of southern Africa. It is found in scattered groups, from South Africa up to Mozambique. Its venom mainly attacks the nerves, which sets it apart from most of its close relatives.1

Iba muri
Mountainous regions of southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It prefers cool places with high rainfall. In the north of its range it is found at higher elevations, while in the south it lives in coastal and mountain heathland, rocky hillsides, grassland with bushes, and small rock outcrops at sea level.1
Uburebure
30 cm kugeza kuri 50 cm (1 ft kugeza kuri 1,6 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
Its main prey is rock lizards and small amphibians. It also eats small rodents and the young of ground-nesting birds.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Berg adder
Berg adder. Ifoto: Dave U. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • Adults are typically 30 to 40 cm long, from head to tail tip.1
  • Some females grow to 50 cm in the wild.1
  • When disturbed, it hisses loudly and twists its body in convulsive movements.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Necrosis (tissue death) or infection seldom follows a bite. Symptoms can start quickly and have been compared to alcohol intoxication, and they are not usually permanent. Possible signs include loss of smell or taste, drooping eyelids and loss of vision.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The venom is not strong enough for a single bite to kill an adult human, and no human deaths have been recorded. However, bites can be troublesome, and their effects sometimes last for days or even weeks.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When disturbed, it hisses violently and twists its body convulsively.1

Niba iruma

  • Antivenom does not seem to help people bitten by this snake, so treatment should focus on relieving the symptoms.1
  • Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, urugingo rwarumwe rugume ku rwego rumwe n'umutima, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Berg adder ireshya hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)
ireshya n'imineke 3 ikurikiranyeireshya n'ibice 16 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Berg adder ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Unlike most Bitis species, its venom is mainly neurotoxic, so the bite rarely causes tissue death.1

2

Its scientific name comes from Atropos, the Greek goddess who cut the thread of life.1

3

In the north of its range it lives at elevations of up to 3,000 m, but in eastern Zimbabwe it is not found below 1,500 m.1

4

A newborn is about 13 cm long, which is roughly a third of the length of an adult.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Bitis atropos
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It gives birth to live young in late summer. The average litter is seven, and up to 15 have been recorded. Each newborn is about 13 cm long.1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Berg adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis atropos (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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