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West African carpet viper

Echis ocellatus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The scientific name ocellatus refers to the distinctive series of eye-spots, called ocelli, that runs the length of its body.1
BareejoWootere e kulle ɓurɗe warde e aduna. So ŋatii ma, noddu ballal jooni jooni.Ballal law e sérum antivenimeux ina hisna ko ɓuri heewde e yimɓe. Noddu nimero urgence jooni jooni.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: BareejoWootere e kulle ɓurɗe bone e aduna.

The West African carpet viper is a small, highly venomous snake that lives in the savanna of West Africa. Its bite is one of the most dangerous of any snake in Africa. It is known for its row of eye-spots and its aggressive, alarm-like behaviour when threatened.1

Ina wuuri e
West Africa: Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Niger and Nigeria1
Afrik
Hello arano
It is mainly found in savanna, and occasionally in wooded areas. It is rarely found north of the 15th parallel.1
Juuteendi
30 cm haa 65 cm (1 ft haa 2,1 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It hunts small vertebrates such as mammals, birds, lizards and amphibians. It has also been reported to hunt small invertebrates such as centipedes and scorpions. It usually goes out to hunt in the first hours of the night.1
Goonga!Natal West African carpet viper
West African carpet viper. Natal: Peter Alfrey. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • It has bulging eyes and a short snout, typical of vipers in the genus Echis.1
  • A distinctive series of eye-spots, called ocelli, runs the length of its body.1
  • It is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground rather than in trees.1
  • It is mostly active at night and at dusk (nocturnal and crepuscular).1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: Older records from Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea refer to Echis jogeri, and those from eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and southern Chad refer to Echis romani. These are now recognised as separate species. Echis leucogaster is more common north of the 15th parallel, where this snake is rarely found.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom is a mix of procoagulants, anticoagulants, haemorrhagins, nephrotoxins and necrotoxins. Procoagulants make blood clot, while anticoagulants stop it clotting, so bleeding can occur. Nephrotoxins damage the kidneys, and necrotoxins kill tissue around the bite. Local symptoms include pain, swelling, bleeding, tissue death (necrosis) and disfigurement, which may lead to amputation. Whole-body symptoms include coagulopathy (blood clotting problems), haemorrhages, shock, kidney failure and blindness.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: BareejoWootere e kulle ɓurɗe bone e aduna.

The West African carpet viper causes more human deaths from snakebite than all other African snakes combined. The envenoming rate is 80%, and the lethality rate is 10–20%.1

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

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When threatened, it forms its body into an S shape and rubs its scales together to make an alert sound.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?

West African carpet viper hedde 65 cm juutde (2,1 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 West African carpet viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

It makes an alert sound by rubbing its scales together while in an S-shaped posture.1

2

Hatchlings are already 10–12 cm long, which is a sizeable fraction of an adult's average length.1

3

Its scientific name, ocellatus, comes from the row of eye-spots, called ocelli, that runs along its body.1

4

Some individual snakes have been found far from its main range, including in the Central African Republic and central Sudan.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Echis ocellatus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Sexually mature females lay between 6 and 20 eggs, usually at the end of the dry season, in February to March. Hatchlings are 10–12 cm long.1
Bone e yimɓe
5 / 5: Bareejo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Echis ocellatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Echis ocellatus (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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