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Palestine viper

Daboia palaestinae
Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikuuma, tafuta msaada haraka.
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

The Palestine viper is a venomous snake found in the Levant, the region around the eastern Mediterranean. It is considered a leading cause of snakebite within its range, so knowing what it looks like is important. It is also special because it lays eggs, unlike most other vipers.1

Anaishi
Levant: northern and central Israel, Palestine, western Syria, northwestern Jordan and Lebanon1
Asia
Nyumbani
It lives in the Mediterranean coastal plains and the inland hills of Lebanon and Israel, along with nearby parts of Syria and Jordan. It is found in a wide range of habitats.1
Urefu
70 cm hadi 1.3 m (2.3 ft hadi 4.3 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.6 kwa saa (maili 2.2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Palestine viper
Palestine viper. Picha: Zuhair Amr. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • The head is triangular and clearly separate from the neck, covered in small scales.1
  • The upper body has large dark, diamond-shaped (rhomboid) blotches, sometimes forming a zig-zag pattern.1
  • It usually measures 70 to 90 cm in total length (body plus tail), and can reach 130 cm.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The harmless coin-marked snake lives in the same areas and is similar in length, colouring and defensive behaviour, so people often confuse the two. This resemblance is probably a case of Batesian mimicry, where a harmless animal copies a dangerous one.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom contains several groups of active compounds, including neurotoxins (which attack the nerves) and hemorrhagins (which damage blood vessels and cause bleeding). Other compounds include angioneurin growth factors and integrin inhibitors. Its LD50, a standard measure of how toxic a venom is, is 0.34 mg/kg.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

It is considered a leading cause of snakebite within its range. About 0.5% to 2% of people who are bitten die. At least 7 people are reported to have died from its bite in Israel in the 21st century so far.1

Habari njema: madaktari wana dawa (ya kuzuia sumu) au matibabu ya hili.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?

Palestine viper urefu wa takriban 1.3 m (4.3 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2.5 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 7 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 100 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Palestine 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

In the 1991 Gulf War, the code phrase "Nahash Tsefa" (Viper Snake) was broadcast on radio and TV to tell Israelis to put on their gas masks during missile attacks from Iraq.1

2

In 2018 it was chosen as the national snake of Israel, after a public campaign.1

3

The Israeli Air Force named its Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter Tzefa, and the IDF's paratroopers battalion #202 is called the Tzefa Battalion.1

4

Some modern scholars think the tsefa snake mentioned in the Hebrew Bible is this species.1

5

A list of venomous snakes in the Brooklyn Papyrus, from the first millennium BC in ancient Egypt, probably includes it.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Daboia palaestinae
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Asia
Watoto
Unlike most vipers, which give birth to live young, it lays eggs around August. The eggs hatch 1.5 to 2 months later, and the young can already bite and kill prey.1
Hali yake porini
Least Concern1
Hatari kwa watu
4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Daboia palaestinae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Daboia palaestinae (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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