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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus

O imenu: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Vipere in gadi

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

Živi v

Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1

Afrika

Domov

It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1

Dolžina

93 cm (3,1 ft)1

Največja hitrost

približno 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Na kopnem: njen članek na Wikipediji

Kaj je?

It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1

Fotografija: Rhombic night adder — Rhombic night adder. Fotografija: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako jo prepoznaš

The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.1

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.

Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči

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

Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

dolga kot 2 domačih mačk od nosu do repadolga kot 5 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore 100 metrov v 110 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je Rhombic night adder v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Rhombic night adder približno 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: Its bite is deadly.

Resnica: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Causus rhombeatus
Skupina: Vipere in gadi
Družina: Viperidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Afrika
Mladiči: Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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