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Namaqua dwarf adder

Bitis schneideri
Ka lebitso: 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
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho loma
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Coastal region straddling the border between Namibia and South Africa, from near Lüderitz to Hondeklip Bay1
Afrika
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
18 cm ho isa ho 28 cm (7,1 in ho isa ho 11 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Namaqua dwarf adder
Namaqua dwarf adder. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

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?

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

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.

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

Namaqua dwarf adder bolelele ba e ka bang 28 cm (11 in)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 9 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 120 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Namaqua dwarf adder 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 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Bitis schneideri
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
It is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bitis schneideri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis schneideri (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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