West African Gaboon viper
ŊatgolThe West African Gaboon viper is a venomous snake with a pair of enlarged scales on its nose that look like horns. It lives in West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Like all vipers, it can bite and inject venom.1

No anndirte ngal
- Has a distinctive pair of enlarged nasal scales that look like horns on its nose.1
- The dark triangular marking running from the eye back towards the corner of the mouth is not divided.1
- Its head is broader than that of its close relative B. nasicornis.1
- Overall it is somewhat larger than B. gabonica.1
Ina heewi waylondireede e: The close relative B. nasicornis also has horn-like nasal scales, but it has a brighter colour pattern and a narrower head. B. gabonica is overall somewhat smaller, and in B. g. gabonica the dark marking from the eye to the mouth is divided, which it is not in this snake.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.
Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.
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 to e aduna?
Hol no mawniri?
Hol no juutiri?
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 2,5, hinere haa lawol
juutde no banaanaaji 7 sammondiraaɗi
ina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 92 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)Hol no West African Gaboon viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?
Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.
Hol no yaawiri?
Humpito
Its nose has a pair of enlarged scales that look like a pair of horns.1
In Ghana and Togo, which are at the eastern edge of its range, it meets and interbreeds with the Gaboon viper B. gabonica.1
In 2022, residents of Ota in Nigeria reported sighting one, which extended its known range to include Nigeria.1
Ɗo humpito iwri
- Bitis rhinoceros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bitis rhinoceros (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
- Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.
Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.