Greek meadow viper
The Greek meadow viper is a small venomous snake that lives in mountain meadows in Albania and Greece. It was once thought to be a type of meadow viper, but scientists now see it as its own species. Its bite is venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Small body, with a maximum snout-vent length of about 40 to 44 cm, depending on sex. Females are larger.1
- Maximum tail length of about 4 to 5 cm. Males have longer tails.1
- Dark spots are absent from the sides and top of the head, except for stripes behind the eyes and at the back of the head.1
- White or brownish-grey underside.1
- A sharp zigzag pattern along the back. Some males and young show a faint similarity to the meadow viper.1
Pogosto zamenjujejo z: It is often compared with the meadow viper (Vipera ursinii), which it closely resembles. The Greek viper has no dark spots on the head sides or top, apart from the head stripes, and it has different scale counts. Some males and juveniles show faint pattern similarities.1
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.
Če ugrizne
- Poškodovanca drži pri miru in ga pomirjaj, ugriznjeni ud drži v višini srca, odstrani prstane in tesne stvari ter ga hitro odpelji v bolnišnico.
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Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 2,5 banan, položenih ena za drugo
dolga kot 14 kock za igranje v vrsti
zmore 100 metrov v 110 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Greek meadow viper v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
The red fox, common kestrel and short-toed snake eagle are the only known predators of this viper.1
It is most common at high elevations, where annual temperatures average about 6 °C and snow lies until summer.1
Scientists were not sure it was a separate species until 2012, when DNA analysis showed it was its own species.1
Od kod so dejstva
- Vipera graeca (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vipera graeca (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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