Persian horned viper
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

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
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
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
E kima go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 6 di latelana
e 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?
Dintlha
Unlike the sand-dwelling Cerastes vipers, it cannot sink into sand vertically.1
It moves by sidewinding, serpentine and rectilinear movement, depending on the situation.1
It can attain a considerable weight for its size, with some specimens exceeding 500 g.1
Its horn-like scales are present even in young snakes.1
Females are usually larger than males.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Persian horned viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pseudocerastes persicus (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.
Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e na le nomoro e e supang motswedi wa yone. Fa re dirile phoso, maitshwarelo, re barati ba diphologolo, e seng kgatiso ya saense. Re bolelele kwa [email protected] mme re tla e baakanya.
Go loma

