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Variable bush viper

Atheris squamigera

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 variable bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the rainforests of west and central Africa. It is a tree-dwelling viper that blends in well with the leaves of the bushes it hunts in. Its bite can cause serious harm, so it is important to recognise it.1

E tshela kwa

West and central Africa, from Ghana east to western Kenya and Tanzania, south to northern Angola and Bioko Island1

Aforika

Gae

It lives mostly in rainforest, where it prefers low, thick, flowering bushes. Its green colouring helps it hide among leaves.1

Boleele

46 cm go ya go 78 cm (1,5 ft go ya go 2,6 ft)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

It eats mainly small mammals. It hunts at night, using its colouring to stay hidden and ambush prey. Cannibalism within the species has been recorded.1

Setshwantsho sa Variable bush viper — Variable bush viper. Setshwantsho: LA Dawson. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Usually green, but the colour varies from sage or light green to dark green, bluish, olive or dark olive brown.1
Rare individuals may be yellow, reddish or slate grey.1
Light-coloured crossbands or chevrons (V-shaped marks) run along the body, usually 30 or more.1
The tail has a clear ivory white tip.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

It has hemotoxic venom, which affects the blood. It is injected through two hollow fangs at the front of the mouth. Bites have caused at least one case of severe haematological (blood) complications. The venom is used to make prey defenceless.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

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

Bites have caused at least one case of severe blood complications and two deaths. No specific antivenom is made for this genus, though antivenom for the genus Echis has been shown to be partly effective against its venom.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?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 4 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Variable bush 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?

Khudu e ka nna 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Variable bush viper e ka nna 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

Newborn snakes are already venomous and fully independent, so their mother leaves them as soon as they are born.1

Young snakes have a dark olive colour with wavy bars. Their adult colours develop within 3 to 4 months.1

Breeding in captivity needs very high humidity.1

Captive keepers and breeders often call it simply a "Squam".1

It is the most widely distributed species in its genus, Atheris.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Atheris squamigera
Setlhopha: Divaepara le dibolobolo
Lelapa: Viperidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Aforika
Masea: It gives birth to live young. A single litter can have up to 19 young, though the average is 7 to 9. The young are venomous at birth and are left by their mother straight away.1
Kotsi go batho: 3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Atheris squamigera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atheris squamigera (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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