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Forest night adder

Causus lichtensteinii
Ko faati e innde ndee: The scientific name honours German herpetologist Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The forest night adder is a venomous snake found in western, central and eastern Africa. Unlike many snakes with 'night' in their name, it is active during the day, and it mostly lives on the ground in rainforest near water.1

Ina wuuri e
Western, central and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Liberia east through Ghana and Nigeria to Uganda and western Kenya1
Afrik
Hello arano
This snake is mostly found in pristine rainforest, where very little light reaches the forest floor. It tends to live near water in swampy areas. In the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in Ghana, it has been found at heights of up to 670 m (2,200 ft).1
Juuteendi
30 cm haa 55 cm (1 ft haa 1,8 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Goonga!Natal Forest night adder
Forest night adder. Natal: tlaloc27. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Greenish or olive base colour, with a series of dark, narrow chevrons (V-shapes) pointing backwards down the back1
  • Chevron pattern may be faint or develop into diamond-shaped (rhombic) markings1
  • A characteristic white V-shape on the back of the neck1
  • Black throat with yellow bands1
  • Velvety-textured scales; young snakes are generally dark brown1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Little is known about the venom of this snake, so its effects on the body are not well understood.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When disturbed, it puts on a threat display of hissing and puffing.1

So ina ŋata

  • 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 no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Forest night adder hedde 55 cm juutde (1,8 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 3 sammondiraaɗijuutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 17 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Forest night adder mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

It is a good swimmer and has even settled on some islands in Lake Victoria.1

2

Unlike other members of its genus, it is mostly found in pristine rainforest.1

3

It is active during the day (diurnal) and spends most of its time on the ground.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Causus lichtensteinii
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to eight eggs.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Causus lichtensteinii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus lichtensteinii (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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Goɗɗe e nder fedde wootere: Ɓoɗɗi wipeer

Ina wuuri kadi e: Afrik

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