{"id":18154,"date":"2020-04-28T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/?p=18154"},"modified":"2020-04-28T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:23:58","slug":"the-species-of-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/the-species-of-august-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The species of August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2015.08_Macrovipera<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nName<\/strong>: blunt-nosed viper<\/span>
\nScientific Na<\/strong>me:<\/strong> Macrovipera lebetina
\n<\/em>Family<\/strong>: <\/em>Viperidae<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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Description<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt has a thick body that ends in a very short and thin tail, giving the impression that the body is “cut” abruptly in the area of \u200b\u200bits tail. Her body has a dark gray-brown color and dark patterns in the shape of a zigzag line. Its head is triangular with lines forming the letter X. The pupil of the eye is vertical and expands at night. In size it can reach 1 meter in length. It feeds mainly on birds and rodents, which it captures by setting up an ambush, since the color of the snake’s body favors hiding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Habitat<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt is found throughout the island, from coastal areas to the top of Mount Olympus, mainly near rocky \/ bushy slopes and in places with easy access to water (streams, rivers, water reservoirs, etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Biology – Risk:<\/strong>
\n<\/span>When he feels threatened, he slams hard and attacks quickly. With the bite, the teeth remain in the victim’s tissues and with continuous movements of the jaw, it releases a sufficient amount of poison. The toxicity of its venom is quite high and so it is considered the most dangerous snake in our country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enemies<\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest threat to finesse is human ignorance as it kills the fins wherever they are located, invading the animal’s natural habitat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span>
\n[1] \u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03ac\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a7., \u03a0\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03c2 \u03a0., \u039b\u03c5\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2 \u03a0., 2014: \u03a4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bc\u03c6\u03af\u03b2\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5. \u0395\u03c1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03a3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5, 2014
\n<\/span>[2] http:\/\/www.cypruspet.com\/component\/content\/article?id=191
\n<\/span>[3] http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macrovipera_lebetina<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Image source:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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Name: blunt-nosed viper Scientific Name: Macrovipera lebetina Family: Viperidae   Description It has a thick body that ends in a very short and thin tail, giving the impression that the body is “cut” abruptly in the area of \u200b\u200bits tail. Her body has a dark gray-brown color and dark patterns in the shape of a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-species-of-2015","category-unpublished-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18158,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154\/revisions\/18158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}