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Uzungwe viper

Atheris barbouri
Ibyerekeye izina: Its scientific name, barbouri, honours the American herpetologist (reptile scientist) Thomas Barbour.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 Uzungwe viper is a small, rare snake that lives only on a few mountains in south-central Tanzania, in Africa. It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo, and it mainly eats slugs and worms. Because it has such a tiny home range, it is special to scientists who study it.1

Iba muri
Uzungwe and Ukinga mountains, south-central Tanzania, Africa1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo undergrowth on mountain slopes, at about 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Moist forest is preferred, but it has also been found in the gardens of tea farms.1
Uburebure
40 cm (1,3 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It is believed to specialise in eating slugs, earthworms and other soft-bodied invertebrates, and possibly also frogs. How it catches its prey has not been described.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Uzungwe viper
Uzungwe viper. Ifoto: (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Small snake, reaching only 40 cm (16 in) in total length including the tail.1
  • Broad, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck, with a short, rounded snout.1
  • Brown to blackish brown body with a pair of zigzag stripes running from the back of the head to the tail. The stripes may break into a chain of darker diamond-shaped blotches down the back.1
  • Belly is greenish white to olive.1
  • Relatively short tail that is not used for gripping.1

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is similar to Montatheris hindii and Proatheris superciliaris, which are also ground-living vipers. The zigzag stripes and short tail are the features to note.1

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.

No cases of bite have been recorded. Because its range is very small, bites are unlikely to occur.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

Ni hehe ku isi?

AfurikaAziyaUburayiAmerika y'AmajyaruguruAmerika y'AmajyepfoOsitaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Uzungwe viper ireshya hafi 40 cm (1,3 ft)Umuneke hafi 18 cm (7,1 in)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)
ireshya n'imineke 2 ikurikiranyeireshya n'ibice 12 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 120 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Uzungwe 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

It was first thought to be a burrowing snake, but this is now considered unlikely because it has no obvious body features for living underground.1

2

It has been found in the gardens of tea farms as well as in wild mountain forest.1

3

Its entire known range is only a few mountains in south-central Tanzania.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Atheris barbouri
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It lays eggs. Three females collected in February 1930 each contained 10 eggs.1
Akaga ku bantu
2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Atheris barbouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris barbouri (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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