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Snouted night adder

Causus defilippii

Malunga negama: The species name defilippii honours Italian zoologist Filippo De Filippi.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Ii-viper namarhamba

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The snouted night adder is a venomous snake with an upturned, pointed snout. It lives in parts of East and Southern Africa, in savanna, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Its venom is not lethal to humans, but doctors still treat its bites as medically significant.1

Sihlala

East Africa and Southern Africa, from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to South Africa and Eswatini1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in moist and dry savanna, coastal thickets and forests, from sea level up to about 1,800 m. It favours moist areas but is also found on dry, rocky hillsides and escarpments. When not basking, it hides in ground cover, brush piles and holes.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 mainly on small amphibians, such as frogs. It is mostly terrestrial but sometimes climbs into low vegetation to hunt them, and it is also a good swimmer.1

Ifoto ka-Snouted night adder — Snouted night adder. Ifoto: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Short, wide head with a prominent, pointed snout that turns upwards1
Light brown, pinkish brown, grey or grey-green body with 20 to 30 dark crescent-shaped markings running down the back, though these can be faint1
A V-shaped marking on the top of the head and a dark streak running backwards from behind the eye1
Yellowish or whitish belly, plain or with small grey-brown spots1
Young snakes are often glossy black or grey1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Little is known about its venom. Reported cases describe rapid swelling, fever, sometimes intense pain and occasionally swelling of the lymph glands. The swelling usually goes down after 2 to 3 days, and no cases of tissue death (necrosis) have been reported.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Its venom is not lethal to humans, but it is still considered medically significant. Only a few case histories exist.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed, it inflates its body and hisses, and it can strike quickly if threatened.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?

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

U-Snouted night adder 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)

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

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is a good swimmer as well as a mostly ground-living snake.1

In captivity it soon becomes tame and unwilling to strike.1

Its common name refers to its prominent, upturned snout.1

It is nocturnal in general, but not entirely, so it can also be active by day.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Causus defilippii
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (oviparous). A clutch has six to eight eggs, and each hatchling is about 10 cm long including the tail.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Causus defilippii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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