Sand efa - snake

Are you afraid of snakes? Oh I crawl terribly, but I'm going to write to you today about the sand eph poisonous snake

First, get acquainted.

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Effees are relatively small snakes, the largest species do not exceed 90 cm in length, and the smallest - about 30 cm. Males are usually larger than females. The head is small, broad, pear-shaped (or spear-shaped), sharply demarcated from the neck, as in many teeth. The whole is covered with tiny scales. The muzzle is short, round, the eyes relatively large, with a vertical pupil. There are intranasal shields. The body is cylindrical, slender, muscular. Efa snake in the photo It is not characterized by bright colors, but it still arouses interest, it was not called a carpet in vain. He has a bright and clear back color. Regardless of location and habitat, the color can vary from light brown to gray, sometimes with reddish hues. Along the entire back there is a beautiful and frozen white pattern, which can be in the form of a spot or saddle. The white areas are bordered by dark. The hips and abdomen are usually lighter than the back. On the abdomen are small spots of dark gray color, on the side - arched light streaks.

They live in clay deserts, on endless sandy expanses among saxauls, as well as on river cliffs in bushes. In conditions comfortable for snakes, they can be placed densely enough. For example, in the Murghab River Valley in an area of ​​about 1.5 km over 5 years, snake hunters extracted more than 2 thousand ef. After hibernation, they emerge in late winter - early spring (February-March). In cold weather, in spring and autumn, they are active during the day, in hot summers - at night. They spend the winter in October, while they do not hesitate to take someone else’s hail, robbing them of rodents. In addition, they can be sheltered in cracks, scrapings or soft slopes of cliffs

Among other species, the sand ephah differs in its behavior. This energetic snake differs in that it is almost always in motion. It easily hunts mustaches and small desert dwellers. Even at the time of digestion the food does not stop moving

Efa was bitten very dangerously, 20% of people die after it. The lethal dose of the poison is about 5 mg. It has a hemolytic effect (dissolves red blood cells in the blood, destroys blood). After receiving a bite in a person, heavy bleeding begins from the wound at the site of the bite, from the nose, ears, and even in the throat.