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Igishushanyo cya Peringuey's adder
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Peringuey's adder

Bitis peringueyi
Ibyerekeye izina: It is named after Louis Péringuey, a South African entomologist (an expert on insects) and museum director.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.

Peringuey's adder is a small viper that lives in the Namib desert of Namibia and southern Angola. It hides under the sand, with only its eyes and the tip of its tail showing, and waits for lizards to pass by. It is a venomous snake that uses its venom to catch its prey.1

Iba muri
Namib desert, from southern Angola to Lüderitz in Namibia, plus the Fish River Canyon and parts of the Sahara1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in desert areas, mostly near sand dunes, where it buries itself just beneath the surface of the sand. It is found in the Namib desert from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia, and also in the Fish River Canyon.1
Uburebure
20 cm kugeza kuri 32 cm (7,9 in kugeza kuri 1 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It eats lizards, including Meroles lizards and the barking gecko Ptenopus. It ambushes prey by lying buried in the sand, then seizes and envenomates it when the prey comes close. Aporosaura lizards, which have high water content, are an important source of water for this snake.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Peringuey's adder
Peringuey's adder. Ifoto: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 25 cm long including the tail1
  • Short, flat head with the eyes set on top of the head1
  • Pale buff, chestnut brown to orange-brown or sandy-grey body, with three rows of faint, elongated grey to dark spots1
  • Body also dotted with an irregular pattern of pale and dark spots1
  • Whitish or dirty yellow belly; the tail is usually tan, but about 25% of individuals have a black tail1

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?

Peringuey's adder ireshya hafi 32 cm (1 ft)Umuneke hafi 18 cm (7,1 in)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)
ireshya n'ibice 10 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 120 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Peringuey's adder 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

It buries itself under the sand with only its eyes and the tip of its tail exposed, waiting to ambush prey.1

2

Individuals with black tail tips may use the tail to lure prey, a behaviour called caudal luring.1

3

Its head is sharp and shaped to cut through the sand as it burrows.1

4

It gets an important part of its water from the Aporosaura lizards it eats.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Bitis peringueyi
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Akaga ku bantu
2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Bitis peringueyi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis peringueyi (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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