Cantil
The cantil is a highly venomous pit viper, a type of snake that senses heat with pits on its face. It lives in Mexico and Central America, reaching south as far as Honduras. Its bite can be very dangerous, which is why it is so well known in the region.1

No anndirto nde
- Heavy-bodied, with a broad, triangular head and small eyes with vertical pupils.1
- Usually brown or black, with darker brown or black banding, sometimes with white or cream accents.1
- Yellow and/or white lines on the head, including a broader line on the upper lip.1
- Juveniles are almost always distinctly banded, with bright green or yellow tail tips.1
- Adults are often more faded, with their pattern and colour darkening as they age.1
Ina jiiɓindiree e: It shares its general body structure with the copperhead and is in the same genus as the cottonmouth, so it is closely related to both.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.
Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?
Bites can cause local pain, swelling and discolouration, but bites from adults can cause massive swelling and necrosis, which is the death of body tissue. Symptoms reported in Honduras include severe pain, bleeding from the fang punctures, nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood in the urine, shock and kidney failure. Some bites were fatal within only a few hours.1
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo heɓaali safaara.The cantil is feared throughout its range, and in Sonora, Mexico, it is feared more than any other reptile. In Nicaragua, it is considered the country's most dangerous snake. One researcher suggested that amputation may be needed in about one in six cases because of necrosis. It is generally shy, and its reputation for aggression is probably not well deserved.1
Kabaru moƴƴo: doktaaɓe ina njogii lekki (antivenom) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
It first relies on camouflage. If that fails, it coils tightly, raises the end of its tail and vibrates it to make a loud whipping sound, and may strike or gape, but only when it has no other choice.1
Si nde ŋatii
- A polyvalent antivenom, made by the Instituto Clodomiro Picado in Costa Rica, is used to treat bites from this species.1
- Deeƴin neɗɗo oo, taa o dilla, waɗu koyngal walla junngo ŋataangal e toowal ɓernde, ittu zoobe e geɗe ɗigginiiɗe, yahra mo asibiti law.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
Reen hoore maa
- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Nde huutora tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reende hoore mum, nde ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
juuti no ullundi galle 1,5, hinere haa laaci
juuti no ayaba 4 jokkondiraaɗi
ina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)Hol no Cantil mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
Feññinoowo goonga
Fenaande: The cantil has a reputation for having a nasty disposition and being extremely aggressive.
Goonga: This reputation is probably not well deserved. The cantil is generally shy and relies on camouflage first, and it only displays or strikes when it has no other choice.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Agkistrodon bilineatus
- Fedde
- Pit viper
- Besngu
- Viperidae2
- Tolno
- Squamata
- Nahiyaaji
- Amerik Rewo
- Ɓikkoy
- Cantils are ovoviviparous, meaning they give birth to live young rather than laying eggs. They breed in spring and give birth to 5 to 20 young at a time.1
- Hol no nde wonata e ladde
- Near Threatened (IUCN Red List). Its population trend is down, and its primary ecological concern is habitat loss.1
- Bone e yimɓe
- 4 / 5: Bone sanne3
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Agkistrodon bilineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Agkistrodon bilineatus (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
Kala anndal e ngoo hello ina jogii limre hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, accu min, min yiɗɓe dabbaaji, wonaa jaridaa ganndal. Wiy min e [email protected] min feewnitay.
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