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Natal Variable bush viper
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Variable bush viper

Atheris squamigera
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The variable bush viper is a venomous snake that lives in the rainforests of west and central Africa. It is a tree-dwelling viper that blends in well with the leaves of the bushes it hunts in. Its bite can cause serious harm, so it is important to recognise it.1

Ina wuuri e
West and central Africa, from Ghana east to western Kenya and Tanzania, south to northern Angola and Bioko Island1
Afrik
Hello arano
It lives mostly in rainforest, where it prefers low, thick, flowering bushes. Its green colouring helps it hide among leaves.1
Juuteendi
46 cm haa 78 cm (1,5 ft haa 2,6 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It eats mainly small mammals. It hunts at night, using its colouring to stay hidden and ambush prey. Cannibalism within the species has been recorded.1
Goonga!Natal Variable bush viper
Variable bush viper. Natal: LA Dawson. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Usually green, but the colour varies from sage or light green to dark green, bluish, olive or dark olive brown.1
  • Rare individuals may be yellow, reddish or slate grey.1
  • Light-coloured crossbands or chevrons (V-shaped marks) run along the body, usually 30 or more.1
  • The tail has a clear ivory white tip.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

It has hemotoxic venom, which affects the blood. It is injected through two hollow fangs at the front of the mouth. Bites have caused at least one case of severe haematological (blood) complications. The venom is used to make prey defenceless.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

Bites have caused at least one case of severe blood complications and two deaths. No specific antivenom is made for this genus, though antivenom for the genus Echis has been shown to be partly effective against its venom.1

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

Variable bush viper hedde 78 cm juutde (2,6 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 4 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Variable bush viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Newborn snakes are already venomous and fully independent, so their mother leaves them as soon as they are born.1

2

Young snakes have a dark olive colour with wavy bars. Their adult colours develop within 3 to 4 months.1

3

Breeding in captivity needs very high humidity.1

4

Captive keepers and breeders often call it simply a "Squam".1

5

It is the most widely distributed species in its genus, Atheris.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Atheris squamigera
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It gives birth to live young. A single litter can have up to 19 young, though the average is 7 to 9. The young are venomous at birth and are left by their mother straight away.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Atheris squamigera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atheris squamigera (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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Ina wuuri kadi e: Afrik

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