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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Kenya horned viper
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Kenya horned viper

Bitis worthingtoni
Ka ga leina: The specific name, worthingtoni, honours British zoologist Edgar Barton Worthington, who collected the first specimen.1
E tlhoka ngakaGa e bolaye gantsi, mme go lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka.
Divaepara le dibolobolo Go loma
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

The Kenya horned viper is a venomous snake, a member of the viper family. It lives only in Kenya, in the high central part of the Rift Valley. It is special because it is found nowhere else on Earth and is at risk from habitat loss and illegal trade.1

E tshela kwa
Kenya only, in the high central Rift Valley1
Aforika
Gae
It prefers grassland, rocky areas, savanna and shrubland. It is found at elevations of 1,500 to 2,500 metres (4,900 to 8,200 ft). The type locality, where the species was first described, is the shore of Lake Naivasha in Kenya.1
Boleele
20 cm go ya go 50 cm (7,9 in go ya go 1,6 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Kenya horned viper
Kenya horned viper. Setshwantsho: United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Usually 20 to 40 cm long, including the tail1
  • Maximum total length of 50 cm (20 in)1
  • Found in grassland, rocky ground, savanna and shrubland at high altitude1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

Fa e loma

  • Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse, tshegetsa setho se se lomilweng mo boemong jwa pelo, tlosa direng le dilo tse di tiileng, mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Kenya horned viper e ka nna 50 cm ka boleele (1,6 ft)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 3 di latelanaboleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 16 mo molenge ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 120 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Kenya horned viper e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Its range is restricted to a narrow band of Kenya's high central Rift Valley, which makes it especially vulnerable.1

2

In 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classed it as Vulnerable.1

3

In 2004, Kenya proposed listing the species on CITES Appendix II, a list that controls international trade in wild animals.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Bitis worthingtoni
Setlhopha
Divaepara le dibolobolo
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Aforika
Masea
It is viviparous, so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
Vulnerable1
Kotsi go batho
3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bitis worthingtoni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis worthingtoni (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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