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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus
Ko fii innde ndee: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1
No muusi tunNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Wipeeri e adder ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

No hoɗi nder
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1
Afirik
Hello arano
It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1
Juutugol
93 cm (3,1 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde: winndannde Wikipedia mum
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Goonga!Natal Rhombic night adder
Rhombic night adder. Natal: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
  • It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
  • Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
  • The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
  • Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1

No jiibondiree e: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.1

Si no ŋata

  • 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?

Rhombic night adder juuti wona 93 cm (3,1 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 2, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 5 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Rhombic night adder 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

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

2

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

3

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

4

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: Its bite is deadly.

Goonga: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Causus rhombeatus
Fedde
Wipeeri e adder
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afirik
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus rhombeatus (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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