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Common European adder

Vipera berus
Nezvezita: The word 'adder' comes from the Old English word nædre, which meant snake.1
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Mavhaipa nemaadder InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The common European adder is a venomous snake that lives across much of Europe and as far east as East Asia. In several European countries it is the only native venomous snake. It is not aggressive and usually bites only when it is cornered, stepped on or picked up.1

Inogara mu
Europe, across Russia to the Pacific Ocean, plus Sakhalin, North Korea, northern Mongolia and northern China1
Yuropu, Asia
Kumba
It lives in many kinds of land, including chalky downs, moors, heaths, meadows, woodland edges, hedgerows, coastal dunes, stone quarries and rubbish tips. It also enters wetlands if there is dry ground nearby, so it may be found on the banks of streams, lakes and ponds.1
Kureba
60 cm kusvika 90 cm (2 ft kusvika 3 ft)1
Huremu
50 g kusvika 180 g (1,8 oz kusvika 6 oz)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It mainly eats small mammals such as mice, rats, voles and shrews, along with lizards and amphibians such as frogs, newts and salamanders. It also takes birds, especially nestlings and eggs, climbing into shrubs and bushes to reach them. Young adders eat worms and spiders as well.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waCommon European adder
Common European adder. Mufananidzo: Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Relatively thick body. Adults are usually about 60 cm long, including the tail.1
  • Most have a dark zigzag pattern running along the back and tail.1
  • A dark V or X marking is usually present on top of the head.1
  • A dark streak runs from the eye to the neck, then continues as spots along the sides.1
  • Females are usually brown with dark brown markings. Males are a uniform grey with black markings.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Bites can be very painful, but they are rarely fatal.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The adder is not regarded as especially dangerous. It is not aggressive and usually bites only when really provoked, stepped on or picked up. Bites are rarely fatal.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When it feels threatened, it usually slips away into the undergrowth. Some snakes, often pregnant females, hiss loudly to warn off danger, and the front of the body is drawn into an S-shape before a strike.1

Kana ikaruma

  • Chengeta munhu asingafambe uye akadzikama, chengeta nhengo yakarumwa yakaenzana nemwoyo, bvisa mhete nezvinhu zvakasunga, uende kuchipatara nokukurumidza.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Common European adder kunenge 90 cm kureba (3 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)

Inorema zvakadii?

inorema semabhanana 1,5
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 2 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 5 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 110 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Common European adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It hibernates in winter. In northern Sweden, hibernation lasts 8 to 9 months, and it may come out to bask on mild days, sometimes crossing snow to do so.1

2

Around 15% of adults and 30 to 40% of juveniles die during hibernation.1

3

Males and females can often be told apart by colour, which is unusual for snakes.1

4

In several European countries it is the only native venomous snake.1

5

It is found farther north than any other snake species.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Adders are aggressive snakes that attack people.

Chokwadi: Adders are timid. They usually disappear at the slightest hint of danger and bite only when cornered, alarmed, stepped on or picked up.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Vipera berus
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Yuropu, Asia
Vacheche
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. Females breed once every two or three years, and litters range from three to 20 young.1
Iri kurarama sei musango
Least concern (IUCN Red List), although its population is decreasing. It is protected in many countries, and it is listed as endangered in Switzerland.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Vipera berus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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