Darevsky's viper
Darevsky's viper is a small venomous snake that lives high in the mountains of northwestern Armenia, northeastern Turkey and southern Georgia. Its bite is painful and causes swelling, but it does not appear to be life-threatening to adults. It is a rare animal, classed as critically endangered.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Light brown to grey background colour with a dark brown to black zigzag pattern along the back, often broken into pieces.1
- A single row of small dark blotches on each side of the body.1
- Belly with many grey or black dots. Females have a greyer belly, while males' bellies are almost black.1
- Chin shields and lip scales are white, with a few dark fang-shaped marks on the lip scales.1
- Adult males are brighter, with a yellow tint and a dark, often black, pattern. Females are browner, with a fainter pattern. Females reach up to 42.1 cm in total length.1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is often compared with Vipera eriwanensis. That species has a pinkish tint on its lip scales, while Darevsky's viper has white lip scales with dark fang-shaped marks.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
Its venom is potent, and it is a relatively small venomous snake. A bite causes pain and local swelling around the wound. The bite does not appear to be life-threatening to adult humans.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.The bite is painful and causes local swelling, but it appears not to be life-threatening to adult humans.1
Akiuma
- Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, weka kiungo kilichoumwa usawa wa moyo, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
Ana uzito gani?
urefu sawa na ndizi 2.5 zilizopangwa mstari
urefu sawa na matofali 13 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
mwepesi kiasi kwamba usingemhisi mkononi
angeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 120 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)Darevsky's viper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Its digestion is very fast. In captive tests at 4 to 7 °C, a meal of fuzzy rat was digested in only 3 days.1
Remains of this snake have been found in the droppings of a beech marten, although little is known about its natural enemies.1
Newborns feed on the yolk left inside them for their first two weeks, and they grow without eating before their first shed.1
It is active during the day and moves into rocky deposits to keep its body at about 26 to 28 °C.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Vipera darevskii
- Kundi
- Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
- Familia
- Viperidae2
- Mpangilio
- Squamata
- Mabara
- Asia
- Watoto
- It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother and she gives birth to live young. She has 4 to 8 babies between September and early October.1
- Hali yake porini
- Critically endangered (IUCN Red List)1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Vipera darevskii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vipera darevskii (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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