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Ottoman viper

Montivipera xanthina
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Ii-viper namarhamba UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Ottoman viper is a venomous viper, which means it injects venom when it bites. It lives in northeastern Greece, European Turkey, western Anatolia and some Greek and Turkish islands in the Aegean Sea. Its venom is potent, and it has caused deaths in adults, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Sihlala
Northeastern Greece, European Turkey, western Anatolia and several Aegean islands, including Kos, Samos, Chios and Lesbos1
IYurophu, IAsiya
Ekhaya
It lives in humid areas and prefers rocky places with plenty of vegetation.1
Ubude
70 cm ukuya ku-1,3 m (2,3 ft ukuya ku-4,3 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It mainly eats rodents, other small mammals and native birds. It may also prey on lizards.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Ottoman viper
Ottoman viper. Ifoto: Benny Trapp. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Usually grey or white on its back, with a black zig-zag stripe running along it1
  • Black (melanistic) individuals exist1
  • Its back scales are keeled, meaning each has a raised ridge down the middle1
  • Usually 70 to 95 cm long from head to tip of tail1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is mainly cytotoxic, which damages cells, and haemotoxic, which damages blood. It injects only small amounts in a bite, but the venom is highly potent. Severe envenomation is more likely if venom is injected directly into a vein.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The venom has caused deaths in adult humans. Young children and older people are at greater risk of severe envenomation.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Ottoman viper malunga ne-1,3 m ubude (4,3 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)Umntu omdala malunga ne-1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-7 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-100 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Ottoman viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Lab studies found that the venom of an adult male of 70 kg would have an estimated lethal dose of 40 to 50 mg.1

2

The largest recorded individuals, up to 130 cm long, come from certain Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.1

3

In one study of 4,446 snakes, the average venom yield was 10 mg (dry weight), and the largest yield was 18 mg.1

4

Although it is rated Least Concern by the IUCN, it is strictly protected under Appendix II of the Berne Convention.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Montivipera xanthina
Iqela
Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IYurophu, IAsiya
Imeko yaso endle
Least concern (IUCN Red List)1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Montivipera xanthina (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Montivipera xanthina (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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