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Kenya montane viper

Montatheris hindii

Malunga negama: The specific name hindii honours Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Ii-viper namarhamba

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

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

Sihlala

Kenya only: Mount Kenya, the Kinangop Plateau and the Aberdare Mountains1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

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

Ubude

20 cm ukuya ku-35 cm (7,9 in ukuya ku-1,1 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds on chameleons, skinks and small frogs, and may also take small rodents.1

Ifoto ka-Kenya montane viper — Kenya montane viper. Ifoto: Theo Busschau. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

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

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

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 neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-11 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-120 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Kenya montane viper 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)

Kenya montane viper malunga ne-3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

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

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Montatheris hindii
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: 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
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Montatheris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Montatheris hindii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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