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Uzungwe viper

Atheris barbouri
Mayelana negama: Its scientific name, barbouri, honours the American herpetologist (reptile scientist) Thomas Barbour.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ama-viper namabululu UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze 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

Ihlala
Uzungwe and Ukinga mountains, south-central Tanzania, Africa1
I-Afrika
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
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.1 km/h (1.9 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
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
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Uzungwe viper
Uzungwe viper. Isithombe: (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: 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 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.

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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Uzungwe viper ubude obucishe bube ngu-40 cm (1.3 ft)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-2 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-12 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-120 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Uzungwe viper mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Atheris barbouri
Iqembu
Ama-viper namabululu
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
It lays eggs. Three females collected in February 1930 each contained 10 eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

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