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Field's horned viper

Pseudocerastes fieldi
Nípa orúkọ náà: The name fieldi honours American anthropologist Henry Field, who collected the first specimen used to describe the species.1
Ó nílò dókítàKì í sábà pani, ṣùgbọ́n ìbùjẹ nílò dókítà.
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

Field's horned viper is a venomous snake from the viper family. It lives in the deserts of the Middle East. Its venom is unusual because it attacks the nerves, while most vipers' venom damages tissue and blood vessels.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Sinai Peninsula, Israel, Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, northwestern Iraq, and possibly southern Syria1
Éṣíà
Ilé
It prefers desert and shrubland, up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level. It has also been found in farmland, but not in or around houses.1
Gígùn
60 cm (2 ft)3
ìtóbi àgbàlagbà déédé
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Field's horned viper
Field's horned viper. Fọ́tò: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • It has fewer scales in certain counts than the Persian horned viper.1
  • Its tail is much shorter compared with its overall body length.1
  • Several rows of its side scales are almost smooth.1

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: It is most often confused with the Persian horned viper. The Persian horned viper has strongly keeled (ridged) scales on its back and sides, while Field's horned viper has smooth side scales. Its tail is also much shorter.1

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

Its venom contains several fractions with marked neurotoxic activity, which means it attacks the nerves. This differs from the Persian horned viper, whose venom causes strong bleeding and tissue damage typical of most vipers. Its venom is venomous, so bites are a medical emergency.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • No antivenom is available for bites from this snake. A polyvalent antiserum may offer some protection against its blood-damaging toxins, but none against the nerve-attacking effects of its venom.1
  • Jẹ́ kí ẹni náà wà láìmira kí ó sì farabalẹ̀, jẹ́ kí apá tàbí ẹsẹ̀ tí ó bù jẹ wà ní ìpele ọkàn, yọ òrùka àti àwọn nǹkan tó há, kí ẹ sì lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Field's horned viper gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 60 cm (2 ft)Ológbò ilé nǹkan bí 50 cm (1.6 ft)Ajá kan nǹkan bí 1 m (3.3 ft)
ó gùn tó ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ 3 tí a tò tẹ̀léralè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 110 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Field's horned viper ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and its journal Fieldiana, are named after Henry Field's grandfather, Marshall Field.1

2

A 2014 genetic study found it is equally distant from the Persian horned viper and another horned viper, Pseudocerastes urarachnoides.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: It is just a subspecies of the Persian horned viper.

Òtítọ́: Most sources now classify it as a separate species, Pseudocerastes fieldi.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Pseudocerastes fieldi
Ẹgbẹ́
Viper àti paramọ́lẹ̀
Ìdílé
Viperidae2
Ètò
Squamata
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Éṣíà
Àwọn ọmọ
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Field's horned viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudocerastes fieldi (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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