Indian saw-scaled viper
The saw-scaled viper is a small, venomous snake of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is the smallest of the 'big four' Indian snakes that cause the most snakebite cases and deaths. It is easy to miss, which is one reason it causes so many bites.1

Uko wayimenya
- Small, usually no more than 60 cm long in total1
- Pale buff, grey, reddish, olive or pale brown body with whitish spots edged in dark brown1
- A whitish cross or trident pattern on the top of the head1
- A faint stripe running from the eye to the angle of the jaw1
- Whitish to pinkish belly, sometimes with brown dots1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
Its venom causes swelling and pain within minutes of a bite, and the swelling can spread up the whole limb within 12 to 24 hours, with blisters forming on the skin. The more dangerous effects are whole-body: bleeding and clotting problems, bleeding from the stomach, lungs, nose or urine, and possible shock. Most patients produce little or no urine within a few hours to six days after the bite.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.About 20% of its bites used to be fatal, but deaths are now quite rare because antivenom is available. It is one of the species responsible for the most snakebite cases because it is inconspicuous and extremely aggressive.1
Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
When threatened it forms a double coil in a figure of eight, with its head in the centre, so it can lash out like a released spring.1
Niba iruma
- Antivenin therapy and intravenous hydration within hours of the bite are vital for survival.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?
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 1,5 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizo
ireshya n'imineke 4 ikurikiranye
yakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)Indian saw-scaled viper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
On average it produces about 18 mg of dry venom, with a recorded maximum of 72 mg. The lethal dose for an adult is estimated at only 5 mg.1
When it rains, up to 80% of the adult population may climb into bushes and trees. Once, about 20 individuals were seen massed on one cactus or small shrub.1
It moves mainly by sidewinding, a method it is very skilled at and surprisingly quick with. Only two points of its body touch the hot ground, which may help it avoid overheating.1
Its venom is used to make several drugs, including echistatin, an anticoagulant that can be made by chemical synthesis, and ecarin, used in a clotting test.1
In the northern parts of its range, it hibernates in winter.1
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Echis carinatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Echis carinatus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
Buri kintu kivugwa kuri iyi paji gifite nimero yerekana aho cyavuye. Niba twibeshye, tubabarire, turi abakunzi b'inyamaswa, ntituri ikinyamakuru cya siyansi. Tubwire kuri [email protected] tuzabikosora.
Iraruma

