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Saharan horned viper

Cerastes cerastes
Ne din ho asɛm: It is named after the pair of horn-like scales above each eye.1
Ɛhia dɔkotaƐntaa nkum, nanso sɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn.
Viper ne adder KaƆdi: Nam
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The Saharan horned viper is a venomous snake that lives in the deserts of North Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a pair of small, horn-like scales above its eyes. Its venom can cause serious harm, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Ɔte
Deserts of Northern Africa, parts of the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant1
Abibirem, Asia
Fie
It prefers dry, sandy areas with a few rocky outcrops, but avoids coarse sand. It is sometimes found around oases and up to 1,500 metres above sea level. It prefers cooler places, where annual average temperatures are 20 °C or less.1
Tenten
30 cm kɔsi 85 cm (1 ft kɔsi 2,8 ft)1
Ntɛm a ɛsen biara
bɛyɛ 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ
Ɛdi deɛn?
It mainly eats lizards, especially geckos, small rodents and birds. It is an ambush predator that lies buried in sand next to rocks or under vegetation. It sometimes travels long distances at night to find prey.1
Ampa!Saharan horned viper mfonini
Saharan horned viper. Mfonini: Bernard DUPONT. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

  • A pair of horn-like scales sits above each eye, although some individuals have no horns.1
  • Its colour is yellowish, pale grey, pinkish, reddish or pale brown, and almost always matches the sand or soil where it lives.1
  • A row of dark, semi-rectangular blotches runs along its back, and the belly is white.1
  • Its tail is usually thin and may have a black tip.1
  • It moves by sidewinding, pressing its body into the sand and leaving whole-body impressions.1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: Its close relative Cerastes gasperettii was once considered a subspecies of this snake. The Saharan horned viper has a larger head relative to its body and horns are more common in it. When threatened, it rubs its coils together to make a rasping noise, which is similar to the sound made by snakes of the genus Echis, so sound alone does not identify it.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Ka

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

Its venom is reported to act much like the venom of Echis snakes. A bite usually causes swelling, bleeding (haemorrhage), tissue death (necrosis), nausea, vomiting and blood in the urine. A high level of phospholipase A2, an enzyme that damages cells, may cause heart and muscle damage.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The estimated lethal dose of venom for a human is 40–50 mg of dried venom. Its venom is strong enough to cause serious harm in people.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

If threatened, it forms a C-shaped posture and rapidly rubs its coils together, producing a rasping noise. It is otherwise fairly placid.1

Sɛ ɛka a

  • Ma onipa no ntena dinn na ne bo nnwo, ma nsa anaa nan a ɛkaa no no nna pɛpɛɛpɛ ne ne koma (ɛnkɔ soro, ɛnsiane fam), yi kawa ne nneɛma a ɛkyere no den, na kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

  • Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
  • Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
  • Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

Saharan horned viper ne tenten bɛyɛ 85 cm (2,8 ft)Fie agyinamoa bɛyɛ 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ɔkraman bɛyɛ 1 m (3,3 ft)
ne tenten te sɛ fie agyinamoa 1,5 a wɔde hwene ne dua to ntoatoasoɔ mune tenten te sɛ kwadu 5 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 110 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

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1

Its venom is strong enough that an estimated 40–50 mg could be lethal to a human.1

2

Its scales are strongly keeled, which is what makes its rasping warning sound.1

3

When it moves by sidewinding, its body leaves impressions in the sand that can be used to count its ventral scales.1

4

In ancient Egypt, a hieroglyph of this snake was used for the letter f, based on the species name ft.1

5

Females grow larger than males, and males have larger heads and eyes.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: All Saharan horned vipers have horns above their eyes.

Nokorɛ: Hornless individuals do occur, although many have the horns.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din
Cerastes cerastes
Kuo
Viper ne adder
Abusua
Viperidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ
Abibirem, Asia
Mmofra nketewa
It lays eggs, 8–23 at a time, under rocks and in abandoned rodent burrows. The eggs hatch after 50 to 80 days.1
Asiane ma nnipa
3 / 5: Ɛyɛ den3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

  1. Cerastes cerastes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Cerastes cerastes (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
  3. Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.

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