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White-bellied carpet viper

Echis leucogaster
Ka lebitso: Its scientific name comes from the Greek words for white (leuco-) and belly (gaster), because its belly is unmarked.1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The white-bellied carpet viper is a venomous snake from West and Northwest Africa. It lives along the edges of deserts, in dry grassland, and near oases and dry river beds. It is one of the vipers, a group of snakes that bite and inject venom.1

E phela
West and Northwest Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria and southern Morocco1
Afrika
Lapeng
It is not a true desert animal. It is found along the edges of deserts, in arid savannah, semi-desert and the Sahel, and in well-vegetated dry river beds (wadis) and oases.1
Bolelele
30 cm ho isa ho 87 cm (1 ft ho isa ho 2,9 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats a wide variety of prey, especially scorpions and centipedes. It also eats small mammals and reptiles.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya White-bellied carpet viper
White-bellied carpet viper. Foto: B. P. White. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Its colour ranges from brown to grey to reddish, and its pattern is variable.1
  • It has light, oblique crossbars or saddles on a darker background.1
  • Its flanks have dark triangular, subtriangular or circular markings with light or white edges.1
  • Its belly is an unbroken pale cream, white or ivory.1
  • Its body is rather stout, and its dorsal scales are rough and heavily keeled.1

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 kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

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?

White-bellied carpet viper bolelele ba e ka bang 87 cm (2,9 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 5 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

White-bellied carpet 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 diet includes scorpions and centipedes, which makes it an important predator of these animals in its range.1

2

Despite its name, it is not a true desert animal. It is mostly found along desert edges.1

3

Newly hatched young are already 12–16 cm long.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Echis leucogaster
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
It lays eggs. Hatchlings are 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in) in total length.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Echis leucogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Echis leucogaster (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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