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Forest night adder

Causus lichtensteinii

Malunga negama: The scientific name honours German herpetologist Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Ii-viper namarhamba

Ukuluma

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The forest night adder is a venomous snake found in western, central and eastern Africa. Unlike many snakes with 'night' in their name, it is active during the day, and it mostly lives on the ground in rainforest near water.1

Sihlala

Western, central and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Liberia east through Ghana and Nigeria to Uganda and western Kenya1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

This snake is mostly found in pristine rainforest, where very little light reaches the forest floor. It tends to live near water in swampy areas. In the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in Ghana, it has been found at heights of up to 670 m (2,200 ft).1

Ubude

30 cm ukuya ku-55 cm (1 ft ukuya ku-1,8 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Ifoto ka-Forest night adder — Forest night adder. Ifoto: tlaloc27. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Greenish or olive base colour, with a series of dark, narrow chevrons (V-shapes) pointing backwards down the back1
Chevron pattern may be faint or develop into diamond-shaped (rhombic) markings1
A characteristic white V-shape on the back of the neck1
Black throat with yellow bands1
Velvety-textured scales; young snakes are generally dark brown1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Little is known about the venom of this snake, so its effects on the body are not well understood.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed, it puts on a threat display of hissing and puffing.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-3 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-17 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Forest night adder mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Forest night adder malunga ne-3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is a good swimmer and has even settled on some islands in Lake Victoria.1

Unlike other members of its genus, it is mostly found in pristine rainforest.1

It is active during the day (diurnal) and spends most of its time on the ground.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Causus lichtensteinii
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to eight eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Causus lichtensteinii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Causus lichtensteinii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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