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Mount Kenya bush viper

Atheris desaixi

Ibyerekeye izina: The scientific name Atheris desaixi honours Frank DeSaix, an American Peace Corps volunteer who collected the first specimen.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 Mount Kenya bush viper is a venomous snake with a striking black and yellow pattern. It lives only in Kenya, in two small, separate areas of forest. Its bite can cause serious swelling and bleeding problems, so it is important to know it.1

Iba muri

Kenya only: forests near Chuka on south-eastern Mount Kenya, and near Igembe in the northern Nyambeni range1

Afurika

Ahabanza

It lives in dense rain forest at about 1,600 metres above sea level. Its records come from clearings and pathways in thick foliage, about 2 metres above the ground. The air there is very humid.1

Uburebure

40 cm kugeza kuri 70 cm (1,3 ft kugeza kuri 2,3 ft)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

hafi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Irya iki?

It is an opportunist and preys on amphibians, rodents and small birds.1

Ifoto ya Mount Kenya bush viper — Mount Kenya bush viper. Ifoto: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

Ground colour is greenish-black to charcoal-black, with each scale tipped in yellow or yellowish-green, giving a speckled look.1
Some scales form a series of loops along the sides, which may join into zigzag patterns towards the back.1
The underside is yellow near the front, fading to purplish-black towards the rear and under the tail.1
Young snakes are mainly yellow with a white-tipped tail. They darken as they grow and reach adult colours at about 30 cm.1
Adults are usually 40 to 60 cm long, including the tail.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom contains powerful anticoagulants, which are substances that stop blood from clotting properly. A bite causes significant swelling and pain. Poor clotting may be severe enough to need blood transfusions.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

In the one recorded bite, a Kenyan collector was bitten on a finger by an adult snake. The bite caused significant swelling and pain, and he made a full recovery. The snakes are relatively large for their genus, so a bite should be taken seriously.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When captured, it strikes readily and struggles vigorously. It may also give a threat display, rubbing its coils and keeled scales together to make a loud hiss.1

Niba iruma

Because the venom can stop blood clotting, any bite should be treated as serious and needs urgent medical care. In the one recorded bite, a tourniquet was applied and an unknown antivenin was given, but the antivenin probably made no difference.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

Ni hehe ku isi?

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

ireshya n'imineke 4 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Mount Kenya bush viper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

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

Yihuta gute?

Akanyamasyo hafi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Mount Kenya bush viper hafi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru hafi 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

Its coloration gives it excellent camouflage in the forest, so it is very hard to spot.1

Its speckled, looped pattern changes from juvenile yellow to adult black and yellow as it grows.1

It is arboreal, which means it lives in trees and bushes, moving slowly and deliberately among the branches.1

Captive snakes soon calm down, and their threat display disappears.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Atheris desaixi
Itsinda: Vipera na adder
Umuryango: Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Squamata
Imigabane: Afurika
Abana bato: It gives birth to live young. One recorded female gave birth to 13 offspring in August, each measuring 17 to 21 cm.1
Uko imeze mu gasozi: Endangered on the IUCN Red List (as of 2019). Listed in Appendix II of CITES, so international trade is regulated by permit.1
Akaga ku bantu: 3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Atheris desaixi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atheris desaixi (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
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