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Nose-horned viper

Vipera ammodytes

Ko faati e innde ndee: The scientific name ammodytes comes from Greek words meaning 'sand' and 'burrower' or 'diver', even though it prefers rocky places rather than sand.1

Ina waawi wardeIna waawi warde maa so a safraaka. So ŋatii ma, heɓ ballal law.

Ɓoɗɗi wipeer

ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew

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

The nose-horned viper is a venomous snake with a small, soft horn on the tip of its snout. It lives on dry, rocky hillsides in northern Italy, the Balkans and parts of Asia Minor. It is often described as the most dangerous snake in Europe, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Ina wuuri e

Northern Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Georgia and Syria, with records in southern Austria, Romania and Bulgaria.1

Orop, Aazi

Hello arano

It mainly lives on dry, rocky hillsides with sparse plants. It is sometimes found in woodland edges and clearings, and near people on railway embankments, farmland and vineyards where rubble piles and stone walls are present. At lower latitudes it may be found above 2000 m.1

Juuteendi

14 cm haa 85 cm (5,5 in haa 2,8 ft)1

Yaawde ɓurnde

hedde 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

E leydi yoornde, miijo

Hol ko ngal ñaamata?

Adults mainly eat small mammals and birds, and juveniles mostly eat lizards. Larger prey is struck, released, tracked and then swallowed, while smaller prey is swallowed without using the venom.1

No anndirte ngal

A single small, soft and flexible horn on the snout, about 5 mm long.1
Males have a dark blotch or V-shaped marking on the back of the head and a thick black stripe running from behind the eye to the jaw.1
Males usually have a black tongue and a golden or coppery iris.1
Females are browner, with a less contrasting pattern and no dark blotch on the head.1
Both sexes have a dark zigzag stripe along the back, and the tail tip may be yellow, orange, red or green.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The venom has both proteolytic (breaks down tissue) and neurotoxic (attacks the nerves) parts, and it contains blood-clotting agents. Bites cause pain, swelling and discolouration, which may start straight away, and there are also reports of dizziness and tingling. Humans respond rapidly to this venom.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

It is likely the most dangerous snake found in Europe, and in some areas it is a significant medical risk. The venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available. It is generally lethargic and not aggressive, and it tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1

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

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When surprised, some individuals stay still and hiss loudly, some hiss and then flee, and others try to bite immediately.1

So ina ŋata

Get to a hospital: the venom is rarely deadly when hospital care is available.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?

Afrik Aazi Orop Amerik Rewo Amerik Worgo Ostaraali e Oseyaani

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

juutde no ulluuɗi galle 1,5, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 5 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Nose-horned viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

Heende hedde 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Nose-horned viper hedde 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Neɗɗo yahoowo e koyɗe hedde 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

Its venom is used to make antivenin for the bites of other European vipers, and the snake is farmed for this purpose.1

Its horn is soft and flexible, not hard like a true horn.1

Before mating, males perform a combat dance, similar to that of adders.1

On one island, snakes were smaller than elsewhere, which suggests regional or island dwarfism.1

It hibernates for two to six months each year, depending on conditions.1

It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother, so the young are born alive.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Because of its reputation, it is an aggressive snake that bites readily.

Goonga: It is generally lethargic and not at all aggressive. It tends not to bite without considerable provocation.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal: Vipera ammodytes
Fedde: Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu: Viperidae2
Ordre: Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe: Orop, Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso: It gives birth to live young, with one to twenty born in late summer or autumn (August to October). The young are 14 to 24 cm long at birth.1
Hol no ngal woniri e ladde: Strictly protected (Appendix II) under the Berne Convention1
Bone e yimɓe: 4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo humpito iwri

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

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