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Milos viper

Macrovipera schweizeri
Kuhusu jina: The subspecies name schweizeri honours Swiss herpetologist Hans Schweizer (1891–1975).1
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The Milos viper is a venomous snake found only on a few small islands in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea off Greece. It is a rare animal, and it is special because it has adapted to eating birds and lizards rather than the rodents found elsewhere.1

Anaishi
Cyclades Archipelago, Greece: Milos, Siphnos, Kimolos and Poliaigos1
Ulaya
Nyumbani
The Milos viper is largely terrestrial, living on the ground, but it also climbs into trees to hunt on autumn nights. Local medical centres record bites on Milos and Kimolos.1
Urefu
50 cm hadi 98 cm (1.6 ft hadi 3.2 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.5 kwa saa (maili 2.2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
Adults feed mainly on passerine birds, which are perching songbirds. Young vipers under 35 cm feed mainly on Milos wall lizards and European copper skinks. Because there are no native rodents on the western Cyclades, the snakes have adapted to eat birds and lizards.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Milos viper
Milos viper. Picha: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Adults usually measure 50–70 cm in total length, including the tail.1
  • The largest recorded specimen measured 98.5 cm.1
  • Young vipers under 35 cm long feed mainly on lizards.1
  • It is largely ground-dwelling, but it climbs into trees to forage, especially on autumn nights.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Local medical centres report an average of about one bite per year on Kimolos and about four per year on Milos. No deaths from its bites have been recorded.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?

Milos viper urefu wa takriban 98 cm (3.2 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 5 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 100 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Milos viper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

The western Cyclades have no native rodents, so this viper has adapted to hunting birds and lizards.1

2

Although it is mainly on the ground, it climbs trees to hunt birds and other prey on autumn nights.1

3

In 1998, an estimated 500–600 adults were being removed from the wild or killed each year through illegal collection, road deaths and persecution.1

4

Fewer than 4,000 adults were thought to survive in the wild as of 2022.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Macrovipera schweizeri
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Ulaya
Hali yake porini
Endangered (IUCN)1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Macrovipera lebetinus schweizeri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Macrovipera schweizeri (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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