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West African carpet viper

Echis ocellatus

Ne din ho asɛm: The scientific name ocellatus refers to the distinctive series of eye-spots, called ocelli, that runs the length of its body.1

ƐkumMmoa a wɔkum nnipa sen biara wɔ asaase so no mu baako. Sɛ ɛka wo a, frɛ ma wɔmmɛboa ntɛm ara.Mmoa a ɛba ntɛm ne antivenom gye nnipa dodoɔ no ara nkwa. Frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma ntɛm ara.

Viper ne adder

KaƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: ƐkumMmoa a asiane wɔ wɔn ho sen biara wɔ wiase no mu baako.

The West African carpet viper is a small, highly venomous snake that lives in the savanna of West Africa. Its bite is one of the most dangerous of any snake in Africa. It is known for its row of eye-spots and its aggressive, alarm-like behaviour when threatened.1

Ɔte

West Africa: Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Niger and Nigeria1

Abibirem

Fie

It is mainly found in savanna, and occasionally in wooded areas. It is rarely found north of the 15th parallel.1

Tenten

30 cm kɔsi 65 cm (1 ft kɔsi 2,1 ft)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

It hunts small vertebrates such as mammals, birds, lizards and amphibians. It has also been reported to hunt small invertebrates such as centipedes and scorpions. It usually goes out to hunt in the first hours of the night.1

West African carpet viper mfonini — West African carpet viper. Mfonini: Peter Alfrey. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

It has bulging eyes and a short snout, typical of vipers in the genus Echis.1
A distinctive series of eye-spots, called ocelli, runs the length of its body.1
It is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground rather than in trees.1
It is mostly active at night and at dusk (nocturnal and crepuscular).1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: Older records from Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea refer to Echis jogeri, and those from eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and southern Chad refer to Echis romani. These are now recognised as separate species. Echis leucogaster is more common north of the 15th parallel, where this snake is rarely found.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

Its venom is a mix of procoagulants, anticoagulants, haemorrhagins, nephrotoxins and necrotoxins. Procoagulants make blood clot, while anticoagulants stop it clotting, so bleeding can occur. Nephrotoxins damage the kidneys, and necrotoxins kill tissue around the bite. Local symptoms include pain, swelling, bleeding, tissue death (necrosis) and disfigurement, which may lead to amputation. Whole-body symptoms include coagulopathy (blood clotting problems), haemorrhages, shock, kidney failure and blindness.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: ƐkumMmoa a asiane wɔ wɔn ho sen biara wɔ wiase no mu baako.

The West African carpet viper causes more human deaths from snakebite than all other African snakes combined. The envenoming rate is 80%, and the lethality rate is 10–20%.1

Asɛmpa: dɔkotafoɔ wɔ aduro (antivenom) anaa ayaresa ma yei.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When threatened, it forms its body into an S shape and rubs its scales together to make an alert sound.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

Wiase mu baabi bɛn?

Abibirem Asia Yuropu Amerika Atifi Amerika Anaafoɔ Australia ne Oceania

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

ne tenten te sɛ kwadu 4 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 110 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

West African carpet viper kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

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Akyekyedeɛ bɛyɛ 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

West African carpet viper bɛyɛ 3,2 km/h (2 mph)

Onipa a ɔrenante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

It makes an alert sound by rubbing its scales together while in an S-shaped posture.1

Hatchlings are already 10–12 cm long, which is a sizeable fraction of an adult's average length.1

Its scientific name, ocellatus, comes from the row of eye-spots, called ocelli, that runs along its body.1

Some individual snakes have been found far from its main range, including in the Central African Republic and central Sudan.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Echis ocellatus
Kuo: Viper ne adder
Abusua: Viperidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ: Abibirem
Mmofra nketewa: Sexually mature females lay between 6 and 20 eggs, usually at the end of the dry season, in February to March. Hatchlings are 10–12 cm long.1
Asiane ma nnipa: 5 / 5: Ɛkum3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

Echis ocellatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Echis ocellatus (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
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