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Horned adder

Bitis caudalis
Nezvezita: It is named for the single large, horn-like scale over each eye.1
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The horned adder is a small, stout viper that lives in the dry deserts and scrublands of southwest Africa. It is easy to tell apart because of a single large, horn-like scale above each eye. Like all vipers, it is venomous.1

Inogara mu
Arid southwest Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe1
Afrika
Kumba
It is mostly found in sparsely vegetated desert and semiarid scrub country.1
Kureba
30 cm kusvika 52 cm (1 ft kusvika 1,7 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waHorned adder
Horned adder. Mufananidzo: Chantelle Bosch. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • A single large, horn-like scale over each eye1
  • A short, stout body1
  • Usually 30 to 40 cm long from head to tail tip1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The venom contains a neurotoxic phospholipase A2, a protein that attacks the nerves. It acts as a presynaptic toxin, meaning it interferes with nerve signals at the junction between nerve and muscle. Bite symptoms in people include swelling, severe pain, nausea, vomiting and shock. Blisters and necrotic ulcers (areas of dead tissue) may form around the bite.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

Bites are thought to be rare, and no epidemiological data (records of bites and outcomes over time) is available. Tests on mice suggest the venom is one of the weakest in its genus, but an older report states it is highly toxic and that a number of deaths have occurred.1

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.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?

Horned adder kunenge 52 cm kureba (1,7 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)
yakareba semabhanana 3 akateedzanayakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 16 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 110 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Horned adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Researchers estimated that about 300 mg of its venom would be needed to kill an adult, based on mouse tests.1

2

Caudoxin is similar to bungarotoxin, a well-known snake toxin, but binds to different sites in the body.1

3

On average, one bite releases about 85 mg of wet venom.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Bitis caudalis
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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