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 anndirte ngal
- 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 heewi waylondireede 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 ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.
Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum 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 bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.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
Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktooruuji ina njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1
Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?
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
So ina ŋata
- A polyvalent antivenom, made by the Instituto Clodomiro Picado in Costa Rica, is used to treat bites from this species.1
- Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, jogo terɗe ŋataaɗe ɗee e toownde ɓernde, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law.
Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
- Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.
Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no mawniri?
Hol no juutiri?
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 1,5, hinere haa lawol
juutde no banaanaaji 4 sammondiraaɗi
ina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)Hol no Cantil mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?
Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.
Hol no yaawiri?
Humpito
Feññinoowo fenaande
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
- Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
- Ɓesngu
- Viperidae2
- Ordre
- Squamata
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Amerik Rewo
- Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
- 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 ngal woniri 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 humpito iwri
- Agkistrodon bilineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Agkistrodon bilineatus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
- Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.
Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.
Ŋatgol

