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South American rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus
No waawi warugolNo waawi warugol ma si a safraaka. Si ŋatii ma, heɓu ballal law.
Ɓoɗɗi wulloowi ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The South American rattlesnake is a large, highly venomous pit viper. It lives across much of South America, except the Andes Mountains, and also on some Caribbean islands. It is the most widely spread member of its genus, which is why it matters to people in so many places.1

No hoɗi nder
South America except the Andes, including Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay; also some Caribbean islands, including Aruba1
Amerik Sud
Hello arano
It prefers savanna and semi-arid areas, and is found in several types of scrub and seasonal forest. In the Chaco region of Paraguay, it lives in the drier, sandier areas.1
Juutugol
1,9 m (6,2 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It eats mainly rodents, which are abundant and available all year in most of its range. In some regions it also eats lizards of the Teiidae family.1
Goonga!Natal South American rattlesnake
South American rattlesnake. Natal: Leandro Avelar. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Two distinct stripes start at the base of the head, and the colour between the lines is lighter than the stripes.1
  • Body colour and pattern vary, but most have 18 to 32 dark diamond or rhombic spots along the back.1
  • The head has a dark brown bar at the top and a dark band behind the eye.1
  • The tail is usually grey, with dark, faint crossed bands.1
  • The belly is white or yellowish with light grey spots, getting darker towards the tail.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

Its venom contains neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and myotoxins, which damage muscle. These cause progressive paralysis, including impaired or lost vision, hearing problems, drooping eyelids and weakness in the neck muscles, which can become so limp that the head appears broken. Breathing can eventually be stopped by paralysis, and the muscle damage can cause dark urine.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

It is a highly venomous snake. The mortality rate is 72% for bite cases without specific serum treatment, and 11% for cases with it. Acute kidney failure is considered the main cause of death.1

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

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

It is highly alert and gives little warning before it strikes, but it is seldom aggressive towards people.1

Si no ŋata

  • Specific serum treatment (antivenom) greatly lowers the death rate, so a bite needs urgent hospital care to give it.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?

South American rattlesnake juuti wona 1,9 m (6,2 ft)Welo mawɗo wona 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto wona 4,5 m (15 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 4, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 11 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 90 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono South American rattlesnake 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

The lethal dose for a 60 kg human is possibly 18 mg, while a snake's venom yield is 20 to 100 mg.1

2

Crotoxin, a neurotoxin, makes up about 48.5% to 89.4% of the venom proteins in one subspecies, though it is typically 60% to 70%.1

3

It is the most widely distributed member of its genus, and seven subspecies are currently recognised.1

4

It is more active at dusk and in the early hours of the morning.1

5

Males compete for access to females from the end of summer, with mating in autumn and the young born the following spring or summer.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: Yellow venom means the bite damages blood and tissue, and white venom means it attacks the nerves.

Goonga: Venom colour does not determine the type. Colour depends on pigments in the venom, not on whether it is haemorrhagic or neurotoxic.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Crotalus durissus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wulloowi
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Sud
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous), usually four to eight at a time. In Roraima, Brazil, gestation has been reported to last five months, with up to 14 young.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Crotalus durissus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus durissus (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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