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Namaqua dwarf adder

Bitis schneideri
Nezvezita: The specific name schneideri honours Dr Oskar Schneider (1841–1903), a friend of the scientist who described it. Schneider was a conchologist, a person who studies shells.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The Namaqua dwarf adder is a small venomous snake that lives on the coastal sand dunes where Namibia and South Africa meet. It is one of the smallest vipers in the world, and possibly the smallest.1

Inogara mu
Coastal region straddling the border between Namibia and South Africa, from near Lüderitz to Hondeklip Bay1
Afrika
Kumba
It lives on white coastal sand dunes in a narrow strip of coastline. Its range may reach up to 60 km inland in the Sperrgebiet of southern Namibia.1
Kureba
18 cm kusvika 28 cm (7,1 in kusvika 11 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waNamaqua dwarf adder
Namaqua dwarf adder. Mufananidzo: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • It is the smallest species in the genus Bitis.1
  • Adults usually measure 18–25 cm in total length, including the tail.1
  • It lives on white coastal sand dunes.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The venom is injected by bite. In one documented bite, the victim had intense pain, pronounced swelling, discolouration and oozing of fluid from the puncture marks. A 5 mm haematoma (a swelling of blood under the skin) formed after 24 hours. Symptoms eased over three to four days, and healing was complete after two weeks, with no loss of function. Minimal local tissue damage and no whole-body effects were reported.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

One bite is documented, recorded by a researcher. It caused pain and swelling but healed fully in about two weeks.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?

Namaqua dwarf adder kunenge 28 cm kureba (11 in)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 9 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 120 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Namaqua dwarf adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It is possibly the smallest viper in the world.1

2

Its population faces unusually high annual mortality, between 39% and 56%, because of its small size and the many predators in its environment.1

3

To cope with this losses, it is thought to breed once every year. Most vipers breed every other year or less often.1

4

It lives in a comparatively narrow strip of coastal dunes, where temperatures change little between seasons.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Bitis schneideri
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
It is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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Zvimwe kubva muboka rimwe chete: Mavhaipa nemaadder

Inogarawo mu: Afrika

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