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Peringuey's adder

Bitis peringueyi
Kuhusu jina: It is named after Louis Péringuey, a South African entomologist (an expert on insects) and museum director.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Peringuey's adder is a small viper that lives in the Namib desert of Namibia and southern Angola. It hides under the sand, with only its eyes and the tip of its tail showing, and waits for lizards to pass by. It is a venomous snake that uses its venom to catch its prey.1

Anaishi
Namib desert, from southern Angola to Lüderitz in Namibia, plus the Fish River Canyon and parts of the Sahara1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in desert areas, mostly near sand dunes, where it buries itself just beneath the surface of the sand. It is found in the Namib desert from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia, and also in the Fish River Canyon.1
Urefu
20 cm hadi 32 cm (7.9 in hadi 1 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3 kwa saa (maili 1.9 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats lizards, including Meroles lizards and the barking gecko Ptenopus. It ambushes prey by lying buried in the sand, then seizes and envenomates it when the prey comes close. Aporosaura lizards, which have high water content, are an important source of water for this snake.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Peringuey's adder
Peringuey's adder. Picha: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 25 cm long including the tail1
  • Short, flat head with the eyes set on top of the head1
  • Pale buff, chestnut brown to orange-brown or sandy-grey body, with three rows of faint, elongated grey to dark spots1
  • Body also dotted with an irregular pattern of pale and dark spots1
  • Whitish or dirty yellow belly; the tail is usually tan, but about 25% of individuals have a black tail1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

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?

Peringuey's adder urefu wa takriban 32 cm (1 ft)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 10 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 120 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Peringuey's adder ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It buries itself under the sand with only its eyes and the tip of its tail exposed, waiting to ambush prey.1

2

Individuals with black tail tips may use the tail to lure prey, a behaviour called caudal luring.1

3

Its head is sharp and shaped to cut through the sand as it burrows.1

4

It gets an important part of its water from the Aporosaura lizards it eats.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Bitis peringueyi
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Bitis peringueyi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis peringueyi (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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