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Persian horned viper

Pseudocerastes persicus
Ka ga leina: The species name comes from Persia (present-day Iran), where it was first found, and from the horn-like structures above its eyes.1
E tlhoka ngakaGa e bolaye gantsi, mme go lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka.
Divaepara le dibolobolo Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

The Persian horned viper is a venomous viper with horn-like scales above each eye. It lives in deserts and hill country in the Middle East and parts of Asia, and it is mostly active at night. Its venom causes strong bleeding, and no specific antivenom is available for its bites.1

E tshela kwa
Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and throughout Mesopotamia1
Asia
Gae
It lives in sandy desert (but not sand dunes), basalt and limestone rock desert, and hill country, usually with some vegetation. It tends to avoid areas where people live.1
Boleele
40 cm go ya go 1,1 m (1,3 ft go ya go 3,5 ft)1
Bokima
500 g (1,1 lb)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It feeds mainly on lizards, small mammals and mice, and occasionally on small birds and arthropods. It will also eat dead food.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Persian horned viper
Persian horned viper. Setshwantsho: Zuhair Amr. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • A broad, flat head that is clearly distinct from the neck1
  • A horn-like structure of small scales above each eye, also present in juveniles1
  • A short tail1
  • Body scales with keels that often end in a bump or a point1
  • Slow-moving and almost entirely nocturnal, so usually seen at night or in the early evening during colder periods1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom has strong haemorrhagic activity, which means it causes bleeding by damaging blood vessels, as is typical of most vipers. No specific antivenom is available for its bites. A polyvalent antiserum, which is made to work against several snake species, is reported to offer some protection.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

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

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

It is not particularly aggressive, but it will hiss loudly when disturbed.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

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Persian horned viper e ka nna 1,1 m ka boleele (3,5 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,7 m (5,6 ft)

E kima go le kae?

bokima jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 4
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 6 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Persian 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

Unlike the sand-dwelling Cerastes vipers, it cannot sink into sand vertically.1

2

It moves by sidewinding, serpentine and rectilinear movement, depending on the situation.1

3

It can attain a considerable weight for its size, with some specimens exceeding 500 g.1

4

Its horn-like scales are present even in young snakes.1

5

Females are usually larger than males.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Pseudocerastes persicus
Setlhopha
Divaepara le dibolobolo
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
It lays eggs, with 11 to 21 eggs per clutch, and each egg already contains a well-developed embryo.1
Kotsi go batho
3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Persian horned viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudocerastes persicus (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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