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Western bush viper

Atheris chlorechis

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Ii-viper namarhamba

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The western bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of West Africa. It spends much of its time up in bushes and trees, where its bright green colour helps it blend in. It matters because its venom can cause life-threatening harm, and there is no antivenom for it.1

Sihlala

Forests of West Africa, from Sierra Leone through Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana to southern Togo1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in forests, in dense foliage about 1–2 m above the ground.1

Ubude

70 cm (2,3 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

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

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It is said to feed on rodents, lizards and tree frogs.1

Ifoto ka-Western bush viper — Western bush viper. Ifoto: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults are a uniform light green, with faint yellow, roughly paired spots running along the back, about 2.5 cm apart.1
The belly is pale green.1
The body is relatively slender and the tail is relatively long.1
The dorsal scales are heavily keeled, with a swelling at the end of each scale.1
Young snakes under 25 cm long are tan-brown when born, turning yellow-green with irregular dark spots within 24 hours.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 can lead to major systemic envenoming, which means the effects spread through the whole body. Other effects include shock, blood loss due to coagulopathy (the blood cannot clot properly), and renal failure (kidney failure).1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Its venom can cause serious, life-threatening harm, including shock and kidney failure.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 neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Western 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)

Western 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 colour changes as it grows: the reverse of the adult pattern is only seen in young snakes under 25 cm long.1

Records from Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon are considered erroneous, so it is not known to live there.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Atheris chlorechis
Iqela: Ii-viper namarhamba
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young, 6–9 at a time, in March to April. Newborns are 131–151 mm long.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Atheris chlorechis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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