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Western green mamba

Dendroaspis viridis
Baɗte innde: Its scientific name uses the Latin word 'viridis', meaning green.1
WarooɗoGooto e dabbaaji ɓurɗi warde e aduna. Si nde ŋatii ma, noddu ballal ɗoo ɗoon.Ballal yaawngal e antivenom ina hisna ɓuri ɗuuɗɓe. Noddu lamba ballal yaawngal ɗoo ɗoon.
Cobra, mamba e krait Ina ŋataIna ñaama: Teewu
Bone e yimɓe: WarooɗoGooto e dabbaaji ɓurɗi bone e aduna.

The western green mamba is a long, thin and highly venomous snake. It lives in forests, thickets and woodland along the coast of West Africa, and it spends most of its time high in the trees. Its venom is fast-acting, so any bite needs urgent medical care.1

Ina wona e
West Africa, from Gambia and southern Senegal east to Benin, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo1
Afirik
Galle
It lives mainly in coastal tropical rainforest, thicket and woodland, and mostly in the forest canopy. It can survive where trees have been cleared if hedges and thicket remain, and it is found in some suburbs, towns and parklands with enough vegetation.1
Njuuteendi
1,4 m haa 2,1 m (4,6 ft haa 6,9 ft)1
Yaawre ɓurnde
ɓadii 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)
E leydi, miijo tan
Hol ko nde ñaamata?
It hunts mainly in trees, though it can also hunt on the ground. Its prey includes birds, rodents and squirrels.1
Goonga!Foto Western green mamba
Western green mamba. Foto: Patrick Coin no u(Patrick Coin). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirto nde

  • Bright green, fading to yellow or orange towards the tail.1
  • Scales have prominent black edges, which give a networked pattern.1
  • Long, slender body with a long tapering tail.1
  • Long, thin head with medium-sized eyes that have round pupils and yellowish brown irises.1
  • Typical adult length is 1.4 to 2.1 metres.1

Ina jiiɓindiree e: It can be mistaken for green bushsnakes of the genus Philothamnus, and for the boomslang. Counting scales is a key way to identify snakes to species level, and the western green mamba has 13 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, fewer than any similar species.1

Doole tooke

Ina ŋata

Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.

Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?

Its venom contains neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and fasciculins. Symptoms usually start within about 15 minutes and can include pain and swelling, headache, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, vertigo, low blood pressure and paralysis. Without treatment, the victim can die when paralysis stops the breathing muscles, and a bite can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes.1

Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: WarooɗoGooto e dabbaaji ɓurɗi bone e aduna.

Bites to people are uncommon because the snake is rarely encountered and conflict with humans is low compared with some other species in the region. However, many recorded bites have been fatal, and the World Health Organization lists it as a snake of medical importance in western sub-Saharan Africa.1

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

Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?

When threatened, it can flatten its neck into a slight hood, and it usually retreats if it is encountered.1

Si nde ŋatii

  • Apply a pressure bandage, keep the victim as still as possible and take them quickly to a hospital or clinic. An arterial tourniquet may help because of the venom's neurotoxic effects. Antivenom is the main treatment, and tetanus toxoid is sometimes given.1
  • Deeƴin neɗɗo oo, taa o dilla, ittu zoobe e geɗe ɗigginiiɗe, yahra mo asibiti law: antivenom ko safaara.

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 no nde mawni?

Hol no nde juuti?

Western green mamba juuti ɓadii 2,1 m (6,9 ft)Keke mawɗo ɓadii 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Mota ɓadii 4,5 m (15 ft)
juuti no ullundi galle 4, hinere haa laacijuuti no ayaba 12 jokkondiraaɗiina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 43 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)

Hol no Western green mamba mawni, fottindaade e AAN?

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Anndal

1

Its venom is among the fastest-acting of any snake, and symptoms can appear within about 15 minutes of a bite.1

2

Its venom is more potent than that of the eastern green mamba, and much less potent than that of the black mamba.1

3

It is mostly active during the day and spends most of its time in the forest canopy, sometimes at considerable height.1

4

The oldest recorded specimen was a captive snake that lived 18.7 years.1

5

It is one of the more expensive African snake species, and it is collected and sold internationally.1

Feññinoowo goonga

Fenaande: Western green mambas are aggressive snakes that attack people.

Goonga: Opinions differ on how aggressive it is, and it usually retreats when encountered. Bites are uncommon, but when cornered it can attack, and its bites have a high fatality rate.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Dendroaspis viridis
Fedde
Cobra, mamba e krait
Besngu
Elapidae2
Tolno
Squamata
Nahiyaaji
Afirik
Ɓikkoy
It lays a clutch of 6 to 14 eggs.1
Duuɓi nguurndam
ɓadii duuɓi 18,71
Hol no nde wonata e ladde
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Bone e yimɓe
5 / 5: Warooɗo3

Ɗo anndal iwi

  1. Western green mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendroaspis viridis (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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