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Nose-horned viper

Vipera ammodytes
Baɗte innde: The scientific name ammodytes comes from Greek words meaning 'sand' and 'burrower' or 'diver', even though it prefers rocky places rather than sand.1
Ina waawi wardeIna waawi warde ma si a heɓaali safaara. Si nde ŋatii ma, ɗaɓɓu ballal law.
Viper e adder Ina ŋataIna ñaama: Teewu
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo heɓaali safaara.

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

Ina wona e
Northern Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Georgia and Syria, with records in southern Austria, Romania and Bulgaria.1
Turai, Asiya
Galle
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
Njuuteendi
14 cm haa 85 cm (5,5 in haa 2,8 ft)1
Yaawre ɓurnde
ɓadii 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
E leydi, miijo tan
Hol ko nde 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!Foto Nose-horned viper
Nose-horned viper. Foto: Holger Krisp. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirto nde

  • 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

Ina ŋata

Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.

Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?

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

Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo heɓaali safaara.

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

Kabaru moƴƴo: doktaaɓe ina njogii lekki (antivenom) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?

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

Si nde ŋatii

  • Get to a hospital: the venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available.1
  • Deeƴin neɗɗo oo, taa o dilla, waɗu koyngal walla junngo ŋataangal e toowal ɓernde, ittu zoobe e geɗe ɗigginiiɗe, yahra mo asibiti law.

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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 no nde mawni?

Hol no nde juuti?

Nose-horned viper juuti ɓadii 85 cm (2,8 ft)Ullundu galle ɓadii 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu ɓadii 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no ullundi galle 1,5, hinere haa laacijuuti no ayaba 5 jokkondiraaɗiina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)

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Anndal

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

Feññinoowo goonga

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
Viper e adder
Besngu
Viperidae2
Tolno
Squamata
Nahiyaaji
Turai, Asiya
Ɓikkoy
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
Hol no nde wonata e ladde
Strictly protected (Appendix II) under the Berne Convention1
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo anndal iwi

  1. Vipera ammodytes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Vipera ammodytes (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
  3. Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.

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