Caucasian viper belongs to the family of viper.This snake is poisonous, but its bite is not fatal, although it is not safe.Vipers had the first not attack man, in every way trying to avoid contact with them, ie,crawl out of sight.Moreover, they leave almost immediately took a fancy place, if there are a lot of people, or begin any human activity.If you still meeting "face to face" was held, Caucasian viper and in this case, does not attack.She tries to avoid the hassle of false attacks.Once a person steps back, the snake crawls immediately.His fangs she will bring into play only as a last resort.
It lives only in the west of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, ieview of these snakes uzkoarealny moreover endemic.Many people have heard about the snake, so they have a question: "How does the Viper?"This reptile is small, its length - about 60 cm. The head is much wider than the body.Colored serpent happens in lemon yellow, brick red, orange colors and their combinations with black in zigzag lines or transverse lines.Sometimes there are completely black specimens.Juveniles less bright.Despite the colorful painting, these snakes is not easy to notice against the background of dried leaves and stones.Here's a camouflage suit Caucasian viper developed.Photo shows this well.
Snake this phlegmatic enough.She spends most of the day in his shelter, crawling to hunt at night.Only severe famine could have chosen to make her leave the place in the daytime.Caucasian viper hides waiting for the victim.As she approaches, the snake makes a sharp shot, biting and crawls.It rolled into a ball and waits until the poison will act.For example, to kill a mouse, one minute is sufficient.Then, calculate the location of the victim's language by probing the soil, crawling and swallows it.
Caucasian viper loves to bask in the sun.At the same time its head and tail are always in the shade, and the body - in the sun.This position allows it to better digest the prey night.Feed viper mainly rodents, lizards, and insects are not neglected.
the Viper has its own territory, which they lived, usually in pairs, guarded by aliens.Accumulations of snakes or snake pockets are extremely rare.But hibernating snakes are usually collected.This happens for two reasons.Firstly, suitable shelters bit.Secondly, gathered in a large ball of snakes somehow warmed to each other.
Many cold-blooded animals are often killed in severe winters.In contrast, the viper always live up to the spring.They equip the winter shelter below the freezing zone and advance predict the onset of cold weather, having time to settle into winter quarters.The dormant Caucasian viper spends about 180 days a year.She gets out of the shelter around March-April and stays awake until September or October.
these snakes mate in April and May.Caucasian viper brings litter every 2-3 years, being ovoviviparous.A female in the oviduct can be formed from 2 to 5 eggs.Offspring born in August and September.Each zmeenysh is in leatherback transparent membrane, which gets rid of in the first hour.During the second hour of life comes first molt.Surprisingly, the first week of youngsters do not eat.And since the second week they were able to swallow prey, by weight, comparable to their own.
Due to the sharp reduction in the number of Caucasian viper was listed as endangered.
