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Natal Mamushi
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Mamushi

Gloydius blomhoffii
Ko faati e innde ndee: The specific name blomhoffii honours Jan Cock Blomhoff, who was director of the Dutch trading colony in Nagasaki, Japan, from 1817 to 1824.1
Ina waawi wardeIna waawi warde maa so a safraaka. So ŋatii ma, heɓ ballal law.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The mamushi is a pit viper, a type of snake that has heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives in Japan, in places such as swamps, meadows and farmland. It matters because its bite is one of the most dangerous of Japan's snakes.1

Ina wuuri e
Japan only. There is no evidence it occurs in the Ryukyu Islands.1
Aazi
Hello arano
It lives in swamps, marshes, meadows, open woodland, rocky hillsides and montane rock outcroppings. It is often found in and around farmland because rodents are common there.1
Juuteendi
45 cm haa 81 cm (1,5 ft haa 2,7 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is an ambush predator. It waits hidden in vegetation or leaf litter, then eats mainly rodents, along with small birds, lizards and insects.1
Goonga!Natal Mamushi
Mamushi. Natal: Alpsdake. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Background colour is pale grey, reddish-brown or yellow-brown.1
  • A series of irregular blotches runs along the body. Each blotch has a black border and often a lighter centre.1
  • The head is dark brown or black, with beige or pale-grey sides.1
  • Adults are typically 45 to 81 cm long.1
  • It has excellent camouflage and often hides among plants or leaf litter.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is similar to the cottonmouths and copperheads (Agkistrodon) of the Americas, and it was long considered part of the same group.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom is mostly haemolytic, meaning it breaks down red blood cells. It also contains two neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and an anticoagulant, which stops blood from clotting. Reported effects include kidney failure, visual disturbances and palsy (paralysis).1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

About 2000 to 3000 people in Japan are bitten by a mamushi each year. Approximately 10 die annually. Severe bites require intensive care, and typical bite victims need about one week of hospital treatment.1

Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktooruuji ina njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

So ina ŋata

  • Treatment is given in hospital. It involves cutting the wound to remove venom and injecting mamushi antivenom. Pregnant women who are bitten have had miscarriages, so medical care is essential.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 no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Mamushi hedde 81 cm juutde (2,7 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 1,5, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 5 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Mamushi mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Recovery takes a long time. Bite victims may need several months to fully recover, even after hospital treatment and weeks of follow-up care.1

2

It is highly resistant to its own venom because its blood contains neutralising factors, including phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitors.1

3

Its beta-toxin acts before the nerve junction, so anticholinesterase drugs cannot block or treat its effects.1

4

Its venom contains a peptide called ablomin, which is very similar in amino acid sequence to helothermine, a venom peptide of the Mexican beaded lizard.1

5

It is considered one of the most venomous snakes in Japan, along with the yamakagashi and the Okinawan habu.1

6

Its venom varies very little across Japan in either potency or effects.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Gloydius blomhoffii
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Aazi
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Mamushi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Gloydius blomhoffii (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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