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Green night adder

Causus resimus
Davart il num: The common name refers to its green colour, though it is active by day rather than at night.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Vipras Morsas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The green night adder is a venomous snake that lives in parts of tropical Africa. It is bright green to olive in colour, with dark chevron-shaped bands along its back. Despite its name, it is mostly active in daylight.1

Viva en
Tropical Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Ethiopia, south to Tanzania and DR Congo. Isolated population in western Angola.1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It prefers low-lying moist savanna, wooded hills, high grasslands, and the banks of rivers through swamps, rocky gorges, coastal scrub and semi-deserts. It also lives in man-made places such as abandoned quarries, sugar cane plantations and pools beside roads. It has been found from sea level up to 1,800 m.1
Lunghezza
30 cm fin 75 cm (1 ft fin 2,5 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Green night adder
Green night adder. Foto: le0p0ld_d. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Green ground colour, from bright green to olive1
  • Dark inverted chevron-like crossbars running down the back1
  • Yellow chin and throat1
  • Yellowish, cream or pearly belly1
  • Stout body with a short head and an upturned snout1

Savens confundì cun: Its colour pattern is similar to that of C. defilippii and C. rhombeatus, other Causus species.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Little is known about the venom of this snake. It is presumed to be similar to that of other species in the genus Causus.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed, it inflates itself and puts on a hissing and puffing threat display, raising and coiling the front of its body before making sweeping, lashing strikes.1

Sch'el morda

  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Green night adder circa 75 cm lung (2,5 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Green night adder cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Despite the word 'night' in its name, it is diurnal and is often seen basking in the sun.1

2

It is mostly terrestrial, but it is also a good swimmer.1

3

It has been known to climb into sedges to hunt prey.1

4

Its scales have a velvety look, which gives one of its common names.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The 'night' in its name suggests it is only active after dark.

Vardad: It is diurnal, meaning it is active during the day, and it is often seen basking.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Causus resimus
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It lays eggs, with a clutch of 4 to 12. In Somalia, the eggs are laid in July.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Causus resimus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus resimus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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