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Snouted night adder

Causus defilippii
Nezvezita: The species name defilippii honours Italian zoologist Filippo De Filippi.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Mavhaipa nemaadder InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The snouted night adder is a venomous snake with an upturned, pointed snout. It lives in parts of East and Southern Africa, in savanna, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Its venom is not lethal to humans, but doctors still treat its bites as medically significant.1

Inogara mu
East Africa and Southern Africa, from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to South Africa and Eswatini1
Afrika
Kumba
It lives in moist and dry savanna, coastal thickets and forests, from sea level up to about 1,800 m. It favours moist areas but is also found on dry, rocky hillsides and escarpments. When not basking, it hides in ground cover, brush piles and holes.1
Kureba
20 cm kusvika 35 cm (7,9 in kusvika 1,1 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It feeds mainly on small amphibians, such as frogs. It is mostly terrestrial but sometimes climbs into low vegetation to hunt them, and it is also a good swimmer.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waSnouted night adder
Snouted night adder. Mufananidzo: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Short, wide head with a prominent, pointed snout that turns upwards1
  • Light brown, pinkish brown, grey or grey-green body with 20 to 30 dark crescent-shaped markings running down the back, though these can be faint1
  • A V-shaped marking on the top of the head and a dark streak running backwards from behind the eye1
  • Yellowish or whitish belly, plain or with small grey-brown spots1
  • Young snakes are often glossy black or grey1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Little is known about its venom. Reported cases describe rapid swelling, fever, sometimes intense pain and occasionally swelling of the lymph glands. The swelling usually goes down after 2 to 3 days, and no cases of tissue death (necrosis) have been reported.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

Its venom is not lethal to humans, but it is still considered medically significant. Only a few case histories exist.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When disturbed, it inflates its body and hisses, and it can strike quickly if threatened.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?

Snouted night adder kunenge 35 cm kureba (1,1 ft)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 11 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 120 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Snouted night adder yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It is a good swimmer as well as a mostly ground-living snake.1

2

In captivity it soon becomes tame and unwilling to strike.1

3

Its common name refers to its prominent, upturned snout.1

4

It is nocturnal in general, but not entirely, so it can also be active by day.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Causus defilippii
Boka
Mavhaipa nemaadder
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
It lays eggs (oviparous). A clutch has six to eight eggs, and each hatchling is about 10 cm long including the tail.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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