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Spiny bush viper

Atheris hispida

Malunga negama: Its common names come from its spiny, bristly scales, which give it a hairy look.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Ii-viper namarhamba

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The spiny bush viper is a venomous snake with a bristly, shaggy look caused by spiky scales along its body. It lives in parts of Central and East Africa, mostly in forests and reedy places. Its venom can be dangerous to people, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Sihlala

Central and East Africa: northern and eastern DR Congo, southwestern Uganda, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It can climb reeds and stalks and is often found basking on top of flowers and the tips of leaves. It is mostly active at night.1

Ubude

73 cm (2,4 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

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

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds on mammals, frogs, lizards and sometimes birds. It sometimes hunts mammals on the ground.1

Ifoto ka-Spiny bush viper — Spiny bush viper. Ifoto: Bree McGhee. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Its body is covered in long, heavily keeled scales (scales with a raised ridge), which make it look shaggy and bristly.1
The scales around the head and neck are the longest, and they get shorter towards the tail.1
It has a short snout, more so in males than in females.1
Males are surprisingly long and slender compared with females.1

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 neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. It also contains cytotoxins, which damage cells, and fasciculins, which affect nerve signals. The strength of the venom varies between individual snakes and can be influenced by region, weather and altitude. Reports of bites show severe bleeding of internal organs.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

A bite can be fatal to people who do not get proper first aid and antivenom treatment. Its venom was once thought to be weaker than that of many other snakes, possibly because bites are uncommon, but recent reports show this is not the case.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Ukuba siyaluma

A bite needs proper first aid, followed by antivenom treatment. Without these, a bite can be fatal.1
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 neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Spiny bush 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)

Spiny bush viper malunga ne-3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its venom can vary greatly between individuals of the same species, even depending on the weather and altitude.1

Its scales are heavily keeled, meaning each has a raised ridge, and these are often called spikes.1

It can climb reeds and stalks and often rests on top of flowers.1

Males are much longer and more slender than females.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Its venom is weaker than that of many other snakes.

Inyaniso: Its venom was once thought to be less toxic, but there are now reports of bites causing severe bleeding of internal organs.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Atheris hispida
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young, up to 12 at a time, and each newborn is about 15 cm long.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Atheris hispida (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Atheris hispida (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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