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Igishushanyo cya Kenya montane viper
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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii
Ibyerekeye izina: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1
Irababaza gusaIrababaza, ariko ntizakugirira nabi bikomeye.
Vipera na adder IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

The Kenya montane viper is a small, venomous snake that lives only in Kenya. It is found high up in the mountains, in open moorland where few trees grow. It is a rare, local animal, found in only a few separate mountain areas.1

Iba muri
Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in treeless moorlands at high elevations, between 2,700 and 3,800 metres. It hides in clumps of bunch grass for cover.1
Uburebure
20 cm kugeza kuri 35 cm (7,9 in kugeza kuri 1,1 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Kenya montane viper
Kenya montane viper. Ifoto: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 30 cm long including the tail1
  • The head is elongated and not very distinct from the neck1
  • The eyes are small and set in a rather forward position1
  • The dorsal (back) scales are strongly keeled, meaning they have a raised ridge along the middle1
  • It is active only during the day, when there is enough sunlight to warm its surroundings1

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: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

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 montane viper ireshya hafi 35 cm (1,1 ft)Umuneke hafi 18 cm (7,1 in)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)
ireshya n'ibice 11 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 120 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Kenya montane 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 newborns are already 10 to 13 cm long, a sizeable start for a small snake.1

2

It lives in isolated populations high on Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains.1

3

It is the only species in its genus, Montatheris, which was created for this snake alone.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Montatheris hindii
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It bears live young, as it is ovoviviparous; one wild-caught female gave birth to two young in late January and another gave birth to three in May.1
Akaga ku bantu
2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montatheris hindii (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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