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Kenya horned viper

Bitis worthingtoni
Ibyerekeye izina: The specific name, worthingtoni, honours British zoologist Edgar Barton Worthington, who collected the first specimen.1
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The Kenya horned viper is a venomous snake, a member of the viper family. It lives only in Kenya, in the high central part of the Rift Valley. It is special because it is found nowhere else on Earth and is at risk from habitat loss and illegal trade.1

Iba muri
Kenya only, in the high central Rift Valley1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It prefers grassland, rocky areas, savanna and shrubland. It is found at elevations of 1,500 to 2,500 metres (4,900 to 8,200 ft). The type locality, where the species was first described, is the shore of Lake Naivasha in Kenya.1
Uburebure
20 cm kugeza kuri 50 cm (7,9 in kugeza kuri 1,6 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Koko!Ifoto ya Kenya horned viper
Kenya horned viper. Ifoto: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Usually 20 to 40 cm long, including the tail1
  • Maximum total length of 50 cm (20 in)1
  • Found in grassland, rocky ground, savanna and shrubland at high altitude1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

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?

Kenya horned viper 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 120 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Kenya horned viper 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

Its range is restricted to a narrow band of Kenya's high central Rift Valley, which makes it especially vulnerable.1

2

In 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classed it as Vulnerable.1

3

In 2004, Kenya proposed listing the species on CITES Appendix II, a list that controls international trade in wild animals.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Bitis worthingtoni
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It is viviparous, so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Uko imeze mu gasozi
Vulnerable1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Bitis worthingtoni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis worthingtoni (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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Izindi zo mu itsinda rimwe: Vipera na adder

Iba kandi muri: Afurika

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