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Israeli mole viper

Atractaspis engaddensis
Malunga negama: The scientific name refers to Ein Gedi, the place on the western shore of the Dead Sea where the snake was first found. Its common name 'mole viper' comes from its habit of living in underground burrows.1
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Israeli mole viper is a small, dark, venomous snake that lives in deserts in the Middle East. It spends most of its time underground or hidden under rocks, and it is active mainly at night. It is one of the most venomous snakes in its region, but bites to people are rare.1

Sihlala
Palestine, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia1
IAsiya
Ekhaya
It lives mainly in arid or semi-arid desert areas, in underground burrows and under rocks. It is also found in desert oases and around streams and springs rich in vegetation. It sometimes enters human settlements, and it can be seen basking on roads on warm nights.1
Ubude
60 cm ukuya ku-80 cm (2 ft ukuya ku-2,6 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-4,8 km/h (3 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It prefers hatchling snakes, but it also eats lizards and small mammals such as young rodents.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Israeli mole viper
Israeli mole viper. Ifoto: PyramidsFC. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Its body is usually dark black.1
  • It has small eyes with round pupils.1
  • Its head and tail are short and pointed, so the two ends can be hard to tell apart, even for experts.1
  • It is about 60 to 80 cm long.1
  • It is active mainly at night.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains three toxins called sarafotoxins, which act strongly on the heart. The venom affects the heart's electrical rhythm, causing an A-V block, which means the signal between the upper and lower chambers of the heart is interrupted. Death from very high doses is rapid and seems to result from effects on the nerves.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is an extremely venomous snake. Bites are rare because it lives mostly in deserts and underground and is slow to react. Most people survive a bite with little or no lasting damage, even small children with proper treatment. Only 2 to 3 fatal cases have been recorded since its discovery in 1950, the most recent in 2002, when a man tried to capture a snake near his house.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it rolls up with its tail raised and its head hidden under its body.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Israeli mole viper malunga ne-80 cm ubude (2,6 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-1,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-75 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Israeli mole viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its fangs can be turned to point outside its mouth, so it can stab sideways even with its mouth closed.1

2

Capturing this snake is dangerous, because it can bite sideways even when held by the head. Zoologist Heinrich Mendelssohn was bitten this way when he first captured one in 1944.1

3

There is currently no antivenom available for this snake.1

4

Its eggs are large compared with its body size and with snakes in general.1

5

It mates in July and August, which is late compared with other snakes and may point to a tropical origin.1

6

It is relatively non-aggressive and slow to react, even when disturbed.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Atractaspis engaddensis
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Atractaspididae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAsiya
Iintsana
Between the end of September and November, the female lays 2 to 3 large, elongated eggs, about 7.5 cm long, in humid conditions. The young hatch after about 3 months already equipped with venom.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Atractaspis engaddensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atractaspis engaddensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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