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Natal Horseshoe pit viper
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Horseshoe pit viper

Craspedocephalus strigatus
Ko faati e innde ndee: Its common name comes from the pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of its neck.1
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The horseshoe pit viper is a venomous snake that lives only in the Western Ghats mountains of southern India. It has a pale horseshoe-shaped mark on the back of its neck, which gives it its common name. It is special because its natural range is very small, possibly the smallest of any pit viper confirmed from India.1

Ina wuuri e
Western Ghats of South India, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, including the Upper Nilgiri Mountains1
Aazi
Hello arano
It prefers montane forests, shola patches (small pockets of forest in grassland) and grasslands, at altitudes of 1,100 to 2,400 m. Most sightings are on the ground or on rock formations.1
Juuteendi
40 cm (1,3 ft)3
mawnude mawɗo heewɗo
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It preys on frogs, smaller snakes and small rodents such as mice.1
Goonga!Natal Horseshoe pit viper
Horseshoe pit viper. Natal: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • A pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of the neck.1
  • Pale brownish or buff body with darker grey blotches and some white streaks.1
  • Small internasal scales on the snout.1
  • 21 rows of smooth or weakly keeled scales along the middle of the body.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is often grouped with other pit vipers of peninsular India. It can be told apart by its small internasal scales, the second upper lip scale touching the loreal pit (the heat-sensing pit between eye and nostril), 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and a single row of scales between the lip scales and the eye scales.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

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?

Horseshoe pit viper hedde 40 cm juutde (1,3 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 2 sammondiraaɗijuutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 12 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Horseshoe pit viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

It may be the pit viper confirmed from India with the smallest geographic range of all.1

2

It was historically misidentified and misreported from places outside the Western Ghats, including the Eastern Ghats.1

3

It is terrestrial, spending most of its time on the ground or on rock formations.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: The horseshoe pit viper is found across a wide area, including parts of the Eastern Ghats.

Goonga: Early reports from outside the Western Ghats were misidentifications. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Craspedocephalus strigatus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Aazi
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Craspedocephalus strigatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus strigatus (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 pit

Ina wuuri kadi e: Aazi

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