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Slender burrowing asp

Atractaspis aterrima
Kuhusu jina: The species name aterrima means "blackest", from the Latin word ater, meaning "black".1
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The slender burrowing asp is a venomous snake that spends much of its life underground. It lives across large parts of West, Central and East Africa. Its shiny black body and burrowing life make it easy to overlook.1

Anaishi
West, Central and East Africa, from Senegal east to Tanzania1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in coastal grasslands, dry and moist savannas, and forests. It is fossorial, which means it is adapted to living and moving underground.1
Urefu
81 cm (2.7 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 4.7 kwa saa (maili 2.9 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats elongated vertebrates such as caecilians, lizards and other snakes, some of which are also burrowing animals. One studied snake had eaten a large caecilian.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Slender burrowing asp
Slender burrowing asp. Picha: Dérozier Violette. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Adults are usually black, blackish-grey or blackish brown, and can be very glossy, with a blackish-blue sheen.1
  • Juveniles are usually brown.1
  • Adults can reach about 81 cm for males and 71 cm for females.1
  • It has 19 to 23 scale rows around the middle of the body.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.

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu. Baadhi ya spishi (kama boomslang) zinaweza kuua saa kadhaa baadaye.

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?

Slender burrowing asp urefu wa takriban 81 cm (2.7 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 1.5 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 5 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 77 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Slender burrowing asp ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

A studied snake had eaten a caecilian that was larger than the snake was long in relation to its own size, which was unusual because an earlier study had suggested it eats smaller prey.1

2

Its scientific name, aterrima, means "blackest", which fits its dark, glossy body.1

3

It is a burrowing snake, so it spends much of its time underground.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Atractaspis aterrima
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Atractaspididae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Atractaspis aterrima (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atractaspis aterrima (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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