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Matilda's horned viper

Atheris matildae
Malunga negama: It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, who was the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania and was part of the team that discovered the snake.1
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.
Ii-viper namarhamba UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Matilda's horned viper is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only in the forests of Tanzania. It has bony horn-like points above its eyes, and it was only recorded by scientists in 2011. Its exact location is kept secret to protect it from the illegal pet trade.1

Sihlala
Endemic to Tanzania, in the Southern Highlands. It is found nowhere else.1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in the trees and bushes of forests, and it hunts near streams. The exact location where it was found is not published.1
Ubude
64 cm (2,1 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is most likely a nocturnal ambush predator. It waits by streams at night to catch frogs.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • It has two to three enlarged, horn-like structures above each eye.1
  • It is an arboreal forest viper, so it lives in trees and bushes.1
  • It can grow to a total length of 64.3 cm, which is large for a viper of its kind.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It looks most like the Usambara bush viper (Atheris ceratophora), since both have horn-like structures above the eyes. Matilda's horned viper is larger, and the largest recorded Usambara bush viper measured 51.0 cm.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe 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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Matilda's horned viper malunga ne-64 cm ubude (2,1 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Matilda's horned viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its exact location has been withheld to protect it from being collected for the illegal pet trade.1

2

It was found during a biological survey in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between 2010 and 2011.1

3

The scientists who described it have already set up a captive breeding colony.1

4

It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, a member of the three-person team that discovered it.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Atheris matildae
Iqela
Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Atheris matildae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris matildae (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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