Darevsky's viper
Darevsky's viper is a small venomous snake that lives high in the mountains of northwestern Armenia, northeastern Turkey and southern Georgia. Its bite is painful and causes swelling, but it does not appear to be life-threatening to adults. It is a rare animal, classed as critically endangered.1

Uko wayimenya
- Light brown to grey background colour with a dark brown to black zigzag pattern along the back, often broken into pieces.1
- A single row of small dark blotches on each side of the body.1
- Belly with many grey or black dots. Females have a greyer belly, while males' bellies are almost black.1
- Chin shields and lip scales are white, with a few dark fang-shaped marks on the lip scales.1
- Adult males are brighter, with a yellow tint and a dark, often black, pattern. Females are browner, with a fainter pattern. Females reach up to 42.1 cm in total length.1
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is often compared with Vipera eriwanensis. That species has a pinkish tint on its lip scales, while Darevsky's viper has white lip scales with dark fang-shaped marks.1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
Its venom is potent, and it is a relatively small venomous snake. A bite causes pain and local swelling around the wound. The bite does not appear to be life-threatening to adult humans.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.The bite is painful and causes local swelling, but it appears not to be life-threatening to adult humans.1
Niba iruma
- 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?
Iremera ibingana iki?
ireshya n'imineke 2,5 ikurikiranye
ireshya n'ibice 13 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo
yoroshye cyane ku buryo utayumva ku kiganza cyawe
yakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 120 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)Darevsky's viper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
Its digestion is very fast. In captive tests at 4 to 7 °C, a meal of fuzzy rat was digested in only 3 days.1
Remains of this snake have been found in the droppings of a beech marten, although little is known about its natural enemies.1
Newborns feed on the yolk left inside them for their first two weeks, and they grow without eating before their first shed.1
It is active during the day and moves into rocky deposits to keep its body at about 26 to 28 °C.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Vipera darevskii
- Itsinda
- Vipera na adder
- Umuryango
- Viperidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Squamata
- Imigabane
- Aziya
- Abana bato
- It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother and she gives birth to live young. She has 4 to 8 babies between September and early October.1
- Uko imeze mu gasozi
- Critically endangered (IUCN Red List)1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 2 / 5: Irababaza3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Vipera darevskii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vipera darevskii (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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