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Persian horned viper

Pseudocerastes persicus
Ka lebitso: The species name comes from Persia (present-day Iran), where it was first found, and from the horn-like structures above its eyes.1
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The Persian horned viper is a venomous viper with horn-like scales above each eye. It lives in deserts and hill country in the Middle East and parts of Asia, and it is mostly active at night. Its venom causes strong bleeding, and no specific antivenom is available for its bites.1

E phela
Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and throughout Mesopotamia1
Asia
Lapeng
It lives in sandy desert (but not sand dunes), basalt and limestone rock desert, and hill country, usually with some vegetation. It tends to avoid areas where people live.1
Bolelele
40 cm ho isa ho 1,1 m (1,3 ft ho isa ho 3,5 ft)1
Boima
500 g (1,1 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It feeds mainly on lizards, small mammals and mice, and occasionally on small birds and arthropods. It will also eat dead food.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Persian horned viper
Persian horned viper. Foto: Zuhair Amr. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • A broad, flat head that is clearly distinct from the neck1
  • A horn-like structure of small scales above each eye, also present in juveniles1
  • A short tail1
  • Body scales with keels that often end in a bump or a point1
  • Slow-moving and almost entirely nocturnal, so usually seen at night or in the early evening during colder periods1

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?

Its venom has strong haemorrhagic activity, which means it causes bleeding by damaging blood vessels, as is typical of most vipers. No specific antivenom is available for its bites. A polyvalent antiserum, which is made to work against several snake species, is reported to offer some protection.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It is not particularly aggressive, but it will hiss loudly when disturbed.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?

Persian horned viper bolelele ba e ka bang 1,1 m (3,5 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho e moholo e ka bang 1,7 m (5,6 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dibanana tse 4
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 6 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Persian horned 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

Unlike the sand-dwelling Cerastes vipers, it cannot sink into sand vertically.1

2

It moves by sidewinding, serpentine and rectilinear movement, depending on the situation.1

3

It can attain a considerable weight for its size, with some specimens exceeding 500 g.1

4

Its horn-like scales are present even in young snakes.1

5

Females are usually larger than males.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Pseudocerastes persicus
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
It lays eggs, with 11 to 21 eggs per clutch, and each egg already contains a well-developed embryo.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Persian horned viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudocerastes persicus (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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