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Nose-horned viper

Vipera ammodytes
Ko fii innde ndee: The scientific name ammodytes comes from Greek words meaning 'sand' and 'burrower' or 'diver', even though it prefers rocky places rather than sand.1
No waawi warugolNo waawi warugol ma si a safraaka. Si ŋatii ma, heɓu ballal law.
Wipeeri e adder ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The nose-horned viper is a venomous snake with a small, soft horn on the tip of its snout. It lives on dry, rocky hillsides in northern Italy, the Balkans and parts of Asia Minor. It is often described as the most dangerous snake in Europe, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

No hoɗi nder
Northern Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Georgia and Syria, with records in southern Austria, Romania and Bulgaria.1
Orop, Aazi
Hello arano
It mainly lives on dry, rocky hillsides with sparse plants. It is sometimes found in woodland edges and clearings, and near people on railway embankments, farmland and vineyards where rubble piles and stone walls are present. At lower latitudes it may be found above 2000 m.1
Juutugol
14 cm haa 85 cm (5,5 in haa 2,8 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
Adults mainly eat small mammals and birds, and juveniles mostly eat lizards. Larger prey is struck, released, tracked and then swallowed, while smaller prey is swallowed without using the venom.1
Goonga!Natal Nose-horned viper
Nose-horned viper. Natal: Holger Krisp. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • A single small, soft and flexible horn on the snout, about 5 mm long.1
  • Males have a dark blotch or V-shaped marking on the back of the head and a thick black stripe running from behind the eye to the jaw.1
  • Males usually have a black tongue and a golden or coppery iris.1
  • Females are browner, with a less contrasting pattern and no dark blotch on the head.1
  • Both sexes have a dark zigzag stripe along the back, and the tail tip may be yellow, orange, red or green.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The venom has both proteolytic (breaks down tissue) and neurotoxic (attacks the nerves) parts, and it contains blood-clotting agents. Bites cause pain, swelling and discolouration, which may start straight away, and there are also reports of dizziness and tingling. Humans respond rapidly to this venom.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

It is likely the most dangerous snake found in Europe, and in some areas it is a significant medical risk. The venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available. It is generally lethargic and not aggressive, and it tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1

Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktoroɓe no njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When surprised, some individuals stay still and hiss loudly, some hiss and then flee, and others try to bite immediately.1

Si no ŋata

  • Get to a hospital: the venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available.1
  • Haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol, deeƴnu mo, jogo koyngal walla jungo ŋataaɗo on e toownde ɓernde, ittu baagiiji e ko tiiɗi fow, yahra mo lopitaan law.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Nose-horned viper juuti wona 85 cm (2,8 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 1,5, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 5 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Nose-horned viper mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

Its venom is used to make antivenin for the bites of other European vipers, and the snake is farmed for this purpose.1

2

Its horn is soft and flexible, not hard like a true horn.1

3

Before mating, males perform a combat dance, similar to that of adders.1

4

On one island, snakes were smaller than elsewhere, which suggests regional or island dwarfism.1

5

It hibernates for two to six months each year, depending on conditions.1

6

It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother, so the young are born alive.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: Because of its reputation, it is an aggressive snake that bites readily.

Goonga: It is generally lethargic and not at all aggressive. It tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Vipera ammodytes
Fedde
Wipeeri e adder
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Orop, Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It gives birth to live young, with one to twenty born in late summer or autumn (August to October). The young are 14 to 24 cm long at birth.1
Hono ngal woniri nder ladde
Strictly protected (Appendix II) under the Berne Convention1
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Vipera ammodytes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Vipera ammodytes (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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