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Persian horned viper

Pseudocerastes persicus

Malunga negama: The species name comes from Persia (present-day Iran), where it was first found, and from the horn-like structures above its eyes.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Ii-viper namarhamba

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The Persian horned viper is a venomous viper with horn-like scales above each eye. It lives in deserts and hill country in the Middle East and parts of Asia, and it is mostly active at night. Its venom causes strong bleeding, and no specific antivenom is available for its bites.1

Sihlala

Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and throughout Mesopotamia1

IAsiya

Ekhaya

It lives in sandy desert (but not sand dunes), basalt and limestone rock desert, and hill country, usually with some vegetation. It tends to avoid areas where people live.1

Ubude

40 cm ukuya ku-1,1 m (1,3 ft ukuya ku-3,5 ft)1

Ubunzima

500 g (1,1 lb)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds mainly on lizards, small mammals and mice, and occasionally on small birds and arthropods. It will also eat dead food.1

Ifoto ka-Persian horned viper — Persian horned viper. Ifoto: Zuhair Amr. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

A broad, flat head that is clearly distinct from the neck1
A horn-like structure of small scales above each eye, also present in juveniles1
A short tail1
Body scales with keels that often end in a bump or a point1
Slow-moving and almost entirely nocturnal, so usually seen at night or in the early evening during colder periods1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom has strong haemorrhagic activity, which means it causes bleeding by damaging blood vessels, as is typical of most vipers. No specific antivenom is available for its bites. A polyvalent antiserum, which is made to work against several snake species, is reported to offer some protection.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is not particularly aggressive, but it will hiss loudly when disturbed.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?

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-6 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Persian horned 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)

Persian horned viper malunga ne-3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Unlike the sand-dwelling Cerastes vipers, it cannot sink into sand vertically.1

It moves by sidewinding, serpentine and rectilinear movement, depending on the situation.1

It can attain a considerable weight for its size, with some specimens exceeding 500 g.1

Its horn-like scales are present even in young snakes.1

Females are usually larger than males.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Pseudocerastes persicus
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Iintsana: It lays eggs, with 11 to 21 eggs per clutch, and each egg already contains a well-developed embryo.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Persian horned viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Pseudocerastes persicus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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