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Snouted night adder

Causus defilippii
Ibyerekeye izina: The species name defilippii honours Italian zoologist Filippo De Filippi.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 snouted night adder is a venomous snake with an upturned, pointed snout. It lives in parts of East and Southern Africa, in savanna, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Its venom is not lethal to humans, but doctors still treat its bites as medically significant.1

Iba muri
East Africa and Southern Africa, from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to South Africa and Eswatini1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in moist and dry savanna, coastal thickets and forests, from sea level up to about 1,800 m. It favours moist areas but is also found on dry, rocky hillsides and escarpments. When not basking, it hides in ground cover, brush piles and holes.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 mainly on small amphibians, such as frogs. It is mostly terrestrial but sometimes climbs into low vegetation to hunt them, and it is also a good swimmer.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Snouted night adder
Snouted night adder. Ifoto: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Short, wide head with a prominent, pointed snout that turns upwards1
  • Light brown, pinkish brown, grey or grey-green body with 20 to 30 dark crescent-shaped markings running down the back, though these can be faint1
  • A V-shaped marking on the top of the head and a dark streak running backwards from behind the eye1
  • Yellowish or whitish belly, plain or with small grey-brown spots1
  • Young snakes are often glossy black or grey1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Little is known about its venom. Reported cases describe rapid swelling, fever, sometimes intense pain and occasionally swelling of the lymph glands. The swelling usually goes down after 2 to 3 days, and no cases of tissue death (necrosis) have been reported.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

Its venom is not lethal to humans, but it is still considered medically significant. Only a few case histories exist.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When disturbed, it inflates its body and hisses, and it can strike quickly if threatened.1

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?

Snouted night adder 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)

Snouted night 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 is a good swimmer as well as a mostly ground-living snake.1

2

In captivity it soon becomes tame and unwilling to strike.1

3

Its common name refers to its prominent, upturned snout.1

4

It is nocturnal in general, but not entirely, so it can also be active by day.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Causus defilippii
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It lays eggs (oviparous). A clutch has six to eight eggs, and each hatchling is about 10 cm long including the tail.1
Akaga ku bantu
2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Causus defilippii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus defilippii (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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