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West African carpet viper

Echis ocellatus

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

HilgarriaLurreko animaliarik hilgarrienetako bat. Kosk egiten badizu, eskatu laguntza berehala.Laguntza azkarrak eta antipozoiak pertsona gehienak salbatzen dituzte. Deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira berehala.

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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

Non bizi den

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

Afrika

Hasiera

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

Luzera

30 cm eta 65 cm artean (1 ft eta 2,1 ft artean)1

Abiadura handiena

3,2 km/h inguru (2 mph)

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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

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

Nola ezagutu

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

Askotan honekin nahasten da: 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

Pozoi-ahalmena

Koska

Pozoia letaginetatik edo hortzetatik ateratzen da kosk egiten duenean.

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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

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Arriskua pertsonentzat: HilgarriaMunduko animaliarik arriskutsuenetako bat.

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

Albiste ona: medikuek badute sendagai bat (antipozoia) edo tratamendu bat honetarako.1

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When threatened, it forms its body into an S shape and rubs its scales together to make an alert sound.1

Kosk egiten badu

Eutsi pertsona geldi eta lasai, eduki koska jasotako gorputz-adarra bihotzaren mailan, kendu eraztunak eta gauza estuak, eta joan ospitalera azkar.

Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak

Egon seguru

Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
Batek kosk egiten badizu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.

Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago

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Dortoka bat 0,3 km/h inguru (0,19 mph)

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

Oinez doan pertsona bat 5 km/h inguru (3,1 mph)

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Datuak

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

Pozoi-adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa: Echis ocellatus
Taldea: Sugegorriak eta biperak
Familia: Viperidae2
Ordena: Squamata
Kontinenteak: Afrika
Kumeak: 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
Arriskua pertsonentzat: 5 / 5: Hilgarria3

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