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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus

Kuhusu jina: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1

Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.

Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu

KuumwaHula: Nyama

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

The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

Anaishi

Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1

Afrika

Nyumbani

It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1

Urefu

93 cm (3.1 ft)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (maili 2.1 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu: makala yake ya Wikipedia

Hula nini?

It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1

Picha ya Rhombic night adder — Rhombic night adder. Picha: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.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

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 5 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 110 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Rhombic night adder ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Rhombic night adder takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (2.1 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Its bite is deadly.

Ukweli: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Causus rhombeatus
Kundi: Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia: Viperidae2
Mpangilio: Squamata
Mabara: Afrika
Watoto: Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
Hatari kwa watu: 2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Causus rhombeatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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