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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii
Ci turam: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Vipère Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The Kenya montane viper is a small, venomous snake that lives only in Kenya. It is found high up in the mountains, in open moorland where few trees grow. It is a rare, local animal, found in only a few separate mountain areas.1

Dafay dund ci
Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1
Afrig
Kër
It lives in treeless moorlands at high elevations, between 2,700 and 3,800 metres. It hides in clumps of bunch grass for cover.1
Guddaay
20 cm ba 35 cm (7,9 in ba 1,1 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Kenya montane viper
Kenya montane viper. Foto: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • A small snake, usually 20 to 30 cm long including the tail1
  • The head is elongated and not very distinct from the neck1
  • The eyes are small and set in a rather forward position1
  • The dorsal (back) scales are strongly keeled, meaning they have a raised ridge along the middle1
  • It is active only during the day, when there is enough sunlight to warm its surroundings1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Kenya montane viper guddaayam lu tollu ci 35 cm (1,1 ft)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)
guddu na ni 11 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 120 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Kenya montane viper ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Its newborns are already 10 to 13 cm long, a sizeable start for a small snake.1

2

It lives in isolated populations high on Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains.1

3

It is the only species in its genus, Montatheris, which was created for this snake alone.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Montatheris hindii
Mbooloo
Vipère
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It bears live young, as it is ovoviviparous; one wild-caught female gave birth to two young in late January and another gave birth to three in May.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montatheris hindii (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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