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Rhinoceros viper

Bitis nasicornis
Baɗte innde: The common name refers to the horn-like scales on the end of its nose.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 rhinoceros viper is a large, stout snake with bright colours and two or three horn-like scales on its nose. It lives in forests across West and Central Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is mainly hemotoxic, meaning it attacks the blood and circulation.1

Ina wona e
Forests of West and Central Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, and from Central African Republic to Uganda and western Kenya1
Afirik
Galle
It mainly lives in forested areas and rarely goes into woodland. It hides by day in leaf litter, holes, around fallen trees or tangled tree roots. It is mainly on the ground but can climb into trees and thickets up to 3 m high, and is sometimes found in shallow pools.1
Njuuteendi
72 cm haa 1,1 m (2,4 ft haa 3,5 ft)1
Yaawre ɓurnde
ɓadii 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
E leydi, miijo tan
Hol ko nde ñaamata?
It mainly eats small mammals, and in wetland habitats it also takes toads, frogs and fish. It hunts by ambush, often staying still for long periods while waiting for prey to pass by.1
Goonga!Foto Rhinoceros viper
Rhinoceros viper. Foto: Holger Krisp. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirto nde

  • Large and stout, with rough, heavily keeled scales1
  • Two or three horn-like scales on the end of the nose, the front pair often long1
  • Series of blue or blue-green oblong markings, each with a lemon-yellow line down the centre, set within black blotches1
  • Dark crimson triangles down the flanks, bordered with green or blue1
  • Top of the head blue or green, with a black arrow mark1

Ina jiiɓindiree e: The name horned puff adder is also used for Bitis caudalis (horned adder), which is a different species. Because of this, names can cause confusion, so the name butterfly viper is preferred.1

Doole tooke

Ina ŋata

Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.

Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?

Its venom is mainly hemotoxic, which attacks the circulatory system, destroying tissue and blood vessels and causing internal bleeding. It also has a neurotoxic component, which attacks the nerves. Small doses of the venom can be deadly. In the few detailed reports of human bites, massive swelling was described, which may lead to necrosis (death of tissue).1

Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?

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

Because its range is restricted, few bites have been reported and no statistics are available. In 2003 a man in Dayton, Ohio, who kept one as a pet, was bitten and died.1

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

Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?

When approached it often reveals its presence with a very loud hiss, almost a shriek, and it can strike quickly forwards or sideways without coiling first or giving a warning.1

Si nde ŋatii

  • 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?

AfirikAsiyaTuraiAmerik RewoAmerik WorgoAustraliya e Oseaniya

Hol no nde mawni?

Hol no nde juuti?

Rhinoceros viper juuti ɓadii 1,1 m (3,5 ft)Rawaandu ɓadii 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo ɓadii 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juuti no ullundi galle 2, hinere haa laacijuuti no ayaba 6 jokkondiraaɗiina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)

Hol no Rhinoceros viper mawni, fottindaade e AAN?

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Hol no nde yaawi?

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Anndal

1

Its scales are so rough that they can cut people who handle a snake that is struggling.1

2

Its vivid colours break up its outline in the dappled light of the forest floor, so it is very hard to see.1

3

Its fangs are not large, rarely more than 1.5 cm long, and when not in use they fold up into the roof of its mouth.1

4

Its bright colours fade quickly after it sheds its skin, as silt from its moist habitat builds up on its rough scales.1

5

At least one antivenom, called India Antiserum Africa Polyvalent, protects specifically against bites from this species.1

Feññinoowo goonga

Fenaande: Its bright colours make it easy to spot in the forest.

Goonga: Its colours give it excellent camouflage in the dappled light of the forest floor, which can make it almost invisible.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Bitis nasicornis
Fedde
Viper e adder
Besngu
Viperidae2
Tolno
Squamata
Nahiyaaji
Afirik
Ɓikkoy
It gives birth to live young, between six and 38 in West Africa, in March and April at the start of the rainy season.1
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo anndal iwi

  1. Bitis nasicornis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis nasicornis (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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