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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus
Nezvezita: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Mavhaipa nemaadder InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

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

Inogara mu
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1
Afrika
Kumba
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
Kureba
93 cm (3,1 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Pasi pevhu: chinyorwa chayo cheWikipedia
Inodya chii?
It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waRhombic night adder
Rhombic night adder. Mufananidzo: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

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?

Rhombic night adder kunenge 93 cm kureba (3,1 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 2 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 5 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 110 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Rhombic night adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

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

2

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

3

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

4

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Its bite is deadly.

Chokwadi: 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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Causus rhombeatus
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
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
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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