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Rhinoceros viper

Bitis nasicornis
Ko faati e innde ndee: The common name refers to the horn-like scales on the end of its nose.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 rhinoceros viper is a large, stout snake with bright colours and two or three horn-like scales on its nose. It lives in forests across West and Central Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is mainly hemotoxic, meaning it attacks the blood and circulation.1

Ina wuuri e
Forests of West and Central Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, and from Central African Republic to Uganda and western Kenya1
Afrik
Hello arano
It mainly lives in forested areas and rarely goes into woodland. It hides by day in leaf litter, holes, around fallen trees or tangled tree roots. It is mainly on the ground but can climb into trees and thickets up to 3 m high, and is sometimes found in shallow pools.1
Juuteendi
72 cm haa 1,1 m (2,4 ft haa 3,5 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It mainly eats small mammals, and in wetland habitats it also takes toads, frogs and fish. It hunts by ambush, often staying still for long periods while waiting for prey to pass by.1
Goonga!Natal Rhinoceros viper
Rhinoceros viper. Natal: Holger Krisp. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Large and stout, with rough, heavily keeled scales1
  • Two or three horn-like scales on the end of the nose, the front pair often long1
  • Series of blue or blue-green oblong markings, each with a lemon-yellow line down the centre, set within black blotches1
  • Dark crimson triangles down the flanks, bordered with green or blue1
  • Top of the head blue or green, with a black arrow mark1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: The name horned puff adder is also used for Bitis caudalis (horned adder), which is a different species. Because of this, names can cause confusion, so the name butterfly viper is preferred.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom is mainly hemotoxic, which attacks the circulatory system, destroying tissue and blood vessels and causing internal bleeding. It also has a neurotoxic component, which attacks the nerves. Small doses of the venom can be deadly. In the few detailed reports of human bites, massive swelling was described, which may lead to necrosis (death of tissue).1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

Because its range is restricted, few bites have been reported and no statistics are available. In 2003 a man in Dayton, Ohio, who kept one as a pet, was bitten and died.1

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

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When approached it often reveals its presence with a very loud hiss, almost a shriek, and it can strike quickly forwards or sideways without coiling first or giving a warning.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?

Rhinoceros viper hedde 1,1 m juutde (3,5 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo hedde 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 2, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 6 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Rhinoceros viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its scales are so rough that they can cut people who handle a snake that is struggling.1

2

Its vivid colours break up its outline in the dappled light of the forest floor, so it is very hard to see.1

3

Its fangs are not large, rarely more than 1.5 cm long, and when not in use they fold up into the roof of its mouth.1

4

Its bright colours fade quickly after it sheds its skin, as silt from its moist habitat builds up on its rough scales.1

5

At least one antivenom, called India Antiserum Africa Polyvalent, protects specifically against bites from this species.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Its bright colours make it easy to spot in the forest.

Goonga: Its colours give it excellent camouflage in the dappled light of the forest floor, which can make it almost invisible.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Bitis nasicornis
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It gives birth to live young, between six and 38 in West Africa, in March and April at the start of the rainy season.1
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Bitis nasicornis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis nasicornis (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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