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Great Lakes bush viper

Atheris nitschei
Ka lebitso: Its scientific name honours the German zoologist Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902).1
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho loma
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The Great Lakes bush viper is a venomous snake, a type of viper that lives in the forests and swamps of central and eastern Africa. It is a relatively large, stout snake, and its venom can cause severe bleeding inside the body.1

E phela
Forests of the Albertine Rift in central Africa: southern and eastern DR Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia1
Afrika
Lapeng
It prefers wetland and meadow areas, elephant grass marshes and the banks of small streams. It is also found in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at 1,600–2,800 m, and it is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1
Bolelele
80 cm (2,6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Great Lakes bush viper
Great Lakes bush viper. Foto: Bree Mc. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • A relatively large and stout bush viper1
  • Average total length (tail included) is 60 cm, and the maximum is at least 80 cm1
  • Males are smaller than females1
  • Known as the black and green bush viper, which suggests its colouring1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Like other species in the genus Atheris, it has highly toxic venom. Not much is known about the venom itself. Envenomation has caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging, which means bleeding inside the body.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

Bites are known to have caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging. Little else is known about how dangerous it is to people.1

Haeba e loma

  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, boloka setho se lomilweng se lekana le bophahamo ba pelo, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Great Lakes bush viper bolelele ba e ka bang 80 cm (2,6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 1,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Great Lakes bush viper e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It lives in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at heights of up to 2,800 m.1

2

It is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

3

The males are smaller than the females.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Atheris nitschei
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
The species is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Atheris nitschei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris nitschei (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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