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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Peringuey's adder
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Peringuey's adder

Bitis peringueyi
Ka ga leina: It is named after Louis Péringuey, a South African entomologist (an expert on insects) and museum director.1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Divaepara le dibolobolo Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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

E tshela kwa
Namib desert, from southern Angola to Lüderitz in Namibia, plus the Fish River Canyon and parts of the Sahara1
Aforika
Gae
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
Boleele
20 cm go ya go 32 cm (7,9 in go ya go 1 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Peringuey's adder
Peringuey's adder. Setshwantsho: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

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 botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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?

Peringuey's adder e ka nna 32 cm ka boleele (1 ft)Panana e ka nna 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 10 mo molenge ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 120 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Peringuey's adder 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

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Bitis peringueyi
Setlhopha
Divaepara le dibolobolo
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Aforika
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

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