Palestine viper
Go lomaThe 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

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- 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
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
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
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.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
Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1
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?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 7 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 100 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Palestine 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?
Dintlha
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
In 2018 it was chosen as the national snake of Israel, after a public campaign.1
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
Some modern scholars think the tsefa snake mentioned in the Hebrew Bible is this species.1
A list of venomous snakes in the Brooklyn Papyrus, from the first millennium BC in ancient Egypt, probably includes it.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Daboia palaestinae
- Setlhopha
- Divaepara le dibolobolo
- Lelapa
- Viperidae2
- Lekoko
- Squamata
- Dikontinente
- Asia
- Masea
- 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
- Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
- Least Concern1
- Kotsi go batho
- 4 / 5: E kotsi thata3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Daboia palaestinae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Daboia palaestinae (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- 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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