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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii
Ka lebitso: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The Kenya montane viper is a small, venomous snake that lives only in Kenya. It is found high up in the mountains, in open moorland where few trees grow. It is a rare, local animal, found in only a few separate mountain areas.1

E phela
Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in treeless moorlands at high elevations, between 2,700 and 3,800 metres. It hides in clumps of bunch grass for cover.1
Bolelele
20 cm ho isa ho 35 cm (7,9 in ho isa ho 1,1 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Kenya montane viper
Kenya montane viper. Foto: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 30 cm long including the tail1
  • The head is elongated and not very distinct from the neck1
  • The eyes are small and set in a rather forward position1
  • The dorsal (back) scales are strongly keeled, meaning they have a raised ridge along the middle1
  • It is active only during the day, when there is enough sunlight to warm its surroundings1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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?

Kenya montane viper bolelele ba e ka bang 35 cm (1,1 ft)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 11 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 120 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Kenya montane 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

Its newborns are already 10 to 13 cm long, a sizeable start for a small snake.1

2

It lives in isolated populations high on Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains.1

3

It is the only species in its genus, Montatheris, which was created for this snake alone.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Montatheris hindii
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
It bears live young, as it is ovoviviparous; one wild-caught female gave birth to two young in late January and another gave birth to three in May.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montatheris hindii (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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