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Uzungwe viper

Atheris barbouri
Malunga negama: Its scientific name, barbouri, honours the American herpetologist (reptile scientist) Thomas Barbour.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Ii-viper namarhamba UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Uzungwe viper is a small, rare snake that lives only on a few mountains in south-central Tanzania, in Africa. It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo, and it mainly eats slugs and worms. Because it has such a tiny home range, it is special to scientists who study it.1

Sihlala
Uzungwe and Ukinga mountains, south-central Tanzania, Africa1
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Ekhaya
It lives on the ground in bushes and bamboo undergrowth on mountain slopes, at about 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Moist forest is preferred, but it has also been found in the gardens of tea farms.1
Ubude
40 cm (1,3 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is believed to specialise in eating slugs, earthworms and other soft-bodied invertebrates, and possibly also frogs. How it catches its prey has not been described.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Uzungwe viper
Uzungwe viper. Ifoto: (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Small snake, reaching only 40 cm (16 in) in total length including the tail.1
  • Broad, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck, with a short, rounded snout.1
  • Brown to blackish brown body with a pair of zigzag stripes running from the back of the head to the tail. The stripes may break into a chain of darker diamond-shaped blotches down the back.1
  • Belly is greenish white to olive.1
  • Relatively short tail that is not used for gripping.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is similar to Montatheris hindii and Proatheris superciliaris, which are also ground-living vipers. The zigzag stripes and short tail are the features to note.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

No cases of bite have been recorded. Because its range is very small, bites are unlikely to occur.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?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Uzungwe viper malunga ne-40 cm ubude (1,3 ft)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-12 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-120 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Uzungwe viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It was first thought to be a burrowing snake, but this is now considered unlikely because it has no obvious body features for living underground.1

2

It has been found in the gardens of tea farms as well as in wild mountain forest.1

3

Its entire known range is only a few mountains in south-central Tanzania.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Atheris barbouri
Iqela
Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
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Iintsana
It lays eggs. Three females collected in February 1930 each contained 10 eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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