Nose-horned viper
The nose-horned viper is a venomous snake with a small, soft horn on the tip of its snout. It lives on dry, rocky hillsides in northern Italy, the Balkans and parts of Asia Minor. It is often described as the most dangerous snake in Europe, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Uni qanday tanish mumkin
- A single small, soft and flexible horn on the snout, about 5 mm long.1
- Males have a dark blotch or V-shaped marking on the back of the head and a thick black stripe running from behind the eye to the jaw.1
- Males usually have a black tongue and a golden or coppery iris.1
- Females are browner, with a less contrasting pattern and no dark blotch on the head.1
- Both sexes have a dark zigzag stripe along the back, and the tail tip may be yellow, orange, red or green.1
Zahar quvvati
Chaqqanda zahar zaharli tishlari yoki tishlari orqali chiqadi.
Uning zahari (chaqsa yoki nish ursa) nima qiladi?
The venom has both proteolytic (breaks down tissue) and neurotoxic (attacks the nerves) parts, and it contains blood-clotting agents. Bites cause pain, swelling and discolouration, which may start straight away, and there are also reports of dizziness and tingling. Humans respond rapidly to this venom.1
Odamlar uchun qanchalik xavfli?
Odamlar uchun xavf: Juda xavfliDavolanmagan odamni oʻldirishi mumkin.It is likely the most dangerous snake found in Europe, and in some areas it is a significant medical risk. The venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available. It is generally lethargic and not aggressive, and it tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1
Yaxshi xabar: shifokorlarda buning uchun dori (zaharga qarshi zardob) yoki davolash usuli bor.1
Qoʻrqqanda nima qiladi?
When surprised, some individuals stay still and hiss loudly, some hiss and then flee, and others try to bite immediately.1
Agar chaqsa
- Get to a hospital: the venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available.1
- Odamni qimirlamay va xotirjam tut, chaqilgan qoʻl yoki oyoqni yurak balandligida ushla, uzuk va siquvchi narsalarni yechib ol va tezda kasalxonaga olib bor.
Har doim avval favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911). Bu birinchi yordam boʻyicha umumiy maslahat, tibbiy maslahat emas. Birinchi yordam asoslari
Xavfsiz boʻl
- Hech qachon yovvoyi hayvonga tegma, uni tutma yoki jigʻiga tegma, hatto kichkina boʻlsa ham va hatto uxlayotgan yoki oʻlik koʻrinsa ham.
- Unga joy ber. Agar duch kelsang, xotirjam boʻl, sekin orqaga chekin va uni oʻz yoʻliga ketishiga qoʻy.
- Agar biri seni chaqsa: xotirjam boʻl, qimirlamay tur, favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911) yoki tezda kasalxonaga yet. U qanday koʻrinishda ekanini eslab qol, surat yordam beradi.
U seni ovlamoqchi emas. Zaharini ovqat tutish yoki oʻzini himoya qilish uchun ishlatadi va yashirinishni ancha afzal koʻradi. Xavfsiz qolish haqida batafsil
Dunyoning qayerida?
U qanchalik katta?
U qanchalik uzun?
burnidan dumigacha tizilgan 1,5 ta uy mushugidek uzun
ketma-ket qoʻyilgan 5 ta banandek uzun
100 metrni 100 soniyada bosib oʻtishi mumkin (eng tez odamga 9,6 soniya kerak)Nose-horned viper SEN bilan solishtirganda qanchalik katta?
Faqat brauzeringdagi hisob-kitob. Hech narsa saqlanmaydi va hech qayerga yuborilmaydi.
U qanchalik tez?
Faktlar
Its venom is used to make antivenin for the bites of other European vipers, and the snake is farmed for this purpose.1
Its horn is soft and flexible, not hard like a true horn.1
Before mating, males perform a combat dance, similar to that of adders.1
On one island, snakes were smaller than elsewhere, which suggests regional or island dwarfism.1
It hibernates for two to six months each year, depending on conditions.1
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother, so the young are born alive.1
Afsonalarni fosh qiluvchi
Afsona: Because of its reputation, it is an aggressive snake that bites readily.
Haqiqat: It is generally lethargic and not at all aggressive. It tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1
Zahar mutaxassislari uchun
- Ilmiy nomi
- Vipera ammodytes
- Guruh
- Gadyukasimon ilonlar
- Oila
- Viperidae2
- Tartib
- Squamata
- Qitʼalar
- Yevropa, Osiyo
- Chaqaloqlar
- It gives birth to live young, with one to twenty born in late summer or autumn (August to October). The young are 14 to 24 cm long at birth.1
- Tabiatda ahvoli qanday
- Strictly protected (Appendix II) under the Berne Convention1
- Odamlar uchun xavf
- 4 / 5: Juda xavfli3
Faktlar qayerdan olingan
- Vipera ammodytes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vipera ammodytes (iNaturalist): nomlar va tasnif.
- Venom Wiki: xavf darajasi, odatiy oʻlcham va taxminiy tezlik bizning oʻz baholarimiz. Ularni qanday hisoblashimizni koʻr: Xavfni qanday baholaymiz.
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