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Forest night adder

Causus lichtensteinii
Nezvezita: The scientific name honours German herpetologist Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The forest night adder is a venomous snake found in western, central and eastern Africa. Unlike many snakes with 'night' in their name, it is active during the day, and it mostly lives on the ground in rainforest near water.1

Inogara mu
Western, central and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Liberia east through Ghana and Nigeria to Uganda and western Kenya1
Afrika
Kumba
This snake is mostly found in pristine rainforest, where very little light reaches the forest floor. It tends to live near water in swampy areas. In the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in Ghana, it has been found at heights of up to 670 m (2,200 ft).1
Kureba
30 cm kusvika 55 cm (1 ft kusvika 1,8 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waForest night adder
Forest night adder. Mufananidzo: tlaloc27. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Greenish or olive base colour, with a series of dark, narrow chevrons (V-shapes) pointing backwards down the back1
  • Chevron pattern may be faint or develop into diamond-shaped (rhombic) markings1
  • A characteristic white V-shape on the back of the neck1
  • Black throat with yellow bands1
  • Velvety-textured scales; young snakes are generally dark brown1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Little is known about the venom of this snake, so its effects on the body are not well understood.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

Inoitei kana yatya?

When disturbed, it puts on a threat display of hissing and puffing.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?

Forest night adder kunenge 55 cm kureba (1,8 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)
yakareba semabhanana 3 akateedzanayakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 17 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 110 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Forest night adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It is a good swimmer and has even settled on some islands in Lake Victoria.1

2

Unlike other members of its genus, it is mostly found in pristine rainforest.1

3

It is active during the day (diurnal) and spends most of its time on the ground.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Causus lichtensteinii
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to eight eggs.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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