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Sahara sand viper

Cerastes vipera
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 Sahara sand viper is a small, stout venomous snake. It lives in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It hides in the sand and hunts in a way that few other vipers do.1

E phela
Deserts of North Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, plus the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt and Israel)1
Afrika, Asia
Lapeng
Arid desert, where it buries itself in the sand to stay cool and to wait for prey.1
Bolelele
20 cm ho isa ho 50 cm (7,9 in ho isa ho 1,6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It uses both sit-and-wait ambush and active hunting to catch prey. Active hunting is mostly used in the months just before hibernation, to build up energy for the long dormant period.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Sahara sand viper
Sahara sand viper. Foto: current, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Small and stout, with a broad, triangular head1
  • Small eyes set well forward, on the junction of the side and top of the head1
  • When threatened, it coils into a distinctive C-shape1
  • Its scales rub together to make a rasping or crackling sound1

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 tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it coils into a C-shape and rubs its scales together to make a rasping or crackling sound.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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Sahara sand viper bolelele ba e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 16 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 120 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Sahara sand 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 buries itself in the sand to keep cool, and also to ambush prey.1

2

Its hunting style is unusual among vipers, because it combines ambushing prey with actively hunting it.1

3

It is one of the snakes known by the name Cleopatra's asp.1

4

It feeds heavily on active hunts in the months before it hibernates.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Cerastes vipera
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika, Asia
Masea
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so the young are born live.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Cerastes vipera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Cerastes vipera (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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