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Western bush viper

Atheris chlorechis
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 western bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of West Africa. It spends much of its time up in bushes and trees, where its bright green colour helps it blend in. It matters because its venom can cause life-threatening harm, and there is no antivenom for it.1

Iba muri
Forests of West Africa, from Sierra Leone through Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana to southern Togo1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in forests, in dense foliage about 1–2 m above the ground.1
Uburebure
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It is said to feed on rodents, lizards and tree frogs.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Western bush viper
Western bush viper. Ifoto: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Adults are a uniform light green, with faint yellow, roughly paired spots running along the back, about 2.5 cm apart.1
  • The belly is pale green.1
  • The body is relatively slender and the tail is relatively long.1
  • The dorsal scales are heavily keeled, with a swelling at the end of each scale.1
  • Young snakes under 25 cm long are tan-brown when born, turning yellow-green with irregular dark spots within 24 hours.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom can lead to major systemic envenoming, which means the effects spread through the whole body. Other effects include shock, blood loss due to coagulopathy (the blood cannot clot properly), and renal failure (kidney failure).1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

Its venom can cause serious, life-threatening harm, including shock and kidney failure.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?

Western bush viper ireshya hafi 70 cm (2,3 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)
ireshya n'imineke 4 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Western bush 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 colour changes as it grows: the reverse of the adult pattern is only seen in young snakes under 25 cm long.1

2

Records from Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon are considered erroneous, so it is not known to live there.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Atheris chlorechis
Itsinda
Vipera na adder
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It gives birth to live young, 6–9 at a time, in March to April. Newborns are 131–151 mm long.1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

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