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Albany adder

Bitis albanica
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Albany adder is a small viper from the Cape Province of South Africa. It is extremely rare, and for a time it was thought to be extinct. Its rediscovery in 2016 and 2017 made it an important animal to protect.1

Ihlala
Eastern and southern Cape Province, South Africa1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives in succulent thickets, including in the Algoa Bay area of the Eastern Cape, between 50 and 500 m above sea level. It has also been found in dry scrub near Grahamstown.1
Ubude
27 cm (10.6 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.1 km/h (1.9 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje

Indlela yokusibona

  • It has no horns over the eyes, unlike the typical form of the species, but it has prominent bumps above the eyes.1
  • Its colour is brown to reddish brown.1
  • It may not have the distinctive pattern seen on the typical form.1
  • It is small. Males reach a maximum recorded snout to vent length of 27 cm, and females 22.5 cm.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It was once treated as a subspecies of Bitis cornuta. The main difference is that it lacks the horns found on the typical form of that species, the nominate race B. c. cornuta.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

It is extremely rare. Only 12 individuals have been identified since the species was discovered in 1937, so encounters with people are very unlikely. Like all vipers, it is venomous.1

Uma siluma

  • Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile, gcina isitho esilunyiwe sisezingeni lenhliziyo, khipha izindandatho nezinto eziqinile, bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Albany adder ubude obucishe bube ngu-27 cm (10.6 in)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-8 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-120 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Albany adder mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It was thought to be potentially extinct until four live specimens and one road kill were found in late 2016 or early 2017.1

2

Only 12 individuals have been identified since the species was first discovered in 1937.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Bitis albanica
Iqembu
Ama-viper namabululu
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Albany adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis albanica (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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