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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus
Ko faati e innde ndee: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

Ina wuuri e
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1
Afrik
Hello arano
It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1
Juuteendi
93 cm (3,1 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde: binndol Wikipedia mum
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Goonga!Natal Rhombic night adder
Rhombic night adder. Natal: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
  • It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
  • Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
  • The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
  • Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.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?

Rhombic night adder hedde 93 cm juutde (3,1 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 2, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 5 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Rhombic 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

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

2

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

3

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

4

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Its bite is deadly.

Goonga: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Causus rhombeatus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus rhombeatus (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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