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Great Lakes bush viper

Atheris nitschei
Mayelana negama: Its scientific name honours the German zoologist Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902).1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The Great Lakes bush viper is a venomous snake, a type of viper that lives in the forests and swamps of central and eastern Africa. It is a relatively large, stout snake, and its venom can cause severe bleeding inside the body.1

Ihlala
Forests of the Albertine Rift in central Africa: southern and eastern DR Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It prefers wetland and meadow areas, elephant grass marshes and the banks of small streams. It is also found in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at 1,600–2,800 m, and it is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1
Ubude
80 cm (2.6 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Great Lakes bush viper
Great Lakes bush viper. Isithombe: Bree Mc. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • A relatively large and stout bush viper1
  • Average total length (tail included) is 60 cm, and the maximum is at least 80 cm1
  • Males are smaller than females1
  • Known as the black and green bush viper, which suggests its colouring1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Like other species in the genus Atheris, it has highly toxic venom. Not much is known about the venom itself. Envenomation has caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging, which means bleeding inside the body.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Bites are known to have caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging. Little else is known about how dangerous it is to people.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?

Great Lakes bush viper ubude obucishe bube ngu-80 cm (2.6 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-1.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-4 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-110 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Great Lakes bush viper mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It lives in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at heights of up to 2,800 m.1

2

It is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

3

The males are smaller than the females.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Atheris nitschei
Iqembu
Ama-viper namabululu
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
The species is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

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