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West African carpet viper

Echis ocellatus
Ko fii innde ndee: The scientific name ocellatus refers to the distinctive series of eye-spots, called ocelli, that runs the length of its body.1
WaroowoGooto e kulle ɓurɗe warugol e aduna. Si ŋatii ma, noddu ballal jooni jooni.Ballal law e sérum antivenimeux no hisna ko ɓuri heewugol e yimɓe. Noddu nimero ballal jooni jooni.
Wipeeri e adder ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: WaroowoGooto e kulle ɓurɗe musiiba nder aduna.

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

No hoɗi nder
West Africa: Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Niger and Nigeria1
Afirik
Hello arano
It is mainly found in savanna, and occasionally in wooded areas. It is rarely found north of the 15th parallel.1
Juutugol
30 cm haa 65 cm (1 ft haa 2,1 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
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
Goonga!Natal West African carpet viper
West African carpet viper. Natal: Peter Alfrey. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • 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

No jiibondiree e: 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

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

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

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: WaroowoGooto e kulle ɓurɗe musiiba nder aduna.

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

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

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

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

West African carpet viper juuti wona 65 cm (2,1 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 4 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono West African carpet 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

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Echis ocellatus
Fedde
Wipeeri e adder
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afirik
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
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
Musiiba e yimɓe
5 / 5: Waroowo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Echis ocellatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Echis ocellatus (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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