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Snouted night adder

Causus defilippii

Davart il num: The species name defilippii honours Italian zoologist Filippo De Filippi.1

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Vipras

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

The snouted night adder is a venomous snake with an upturned, pointed snout. It lives in parts of East and Southern Africa, in savanna, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Its venom is not lethal to humans, but doctors still treat its bites as medically significant.1

Viva en

East Africa and Southern Africa, from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to South Africa and Eswatini1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It lives in moist and dry savanna, coastal thickets and forests, from sea level up to about 1,800 m. It favours moist areas but is also found on dry, rocky hillsides and escarpments. When not basking, it hides in ground cover, brush piles and holes.1

Lunghezza

20 cm fin 35 cm (7,9 in fin 1,1 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds mainly on small amphibians, such as frogs. It is mostly terrestrial but sometimes climbs into low vegetation to hunt them, and it is also a good swimmer.1

Foto da Snouted night adder — Snouted night adder. Foto: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Short, wide head with a prominent, pointed snout that turns upwards1
Light brown, pinkish brown, grey or grey-green body with 20 to 30 dark crescent-shaped markings running down the back, though these can be faint1
A V-shaped marking on the top of the head and a dark streak running backwards from behind the eye1
Yellowish or whitish belly, plain or with small grey-brown spots1
Young snakes are often glossy black or grey1

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 its venom. Reported cases describe rapid swelling, fever, sometimes intense pain and occasionally swelling of the lymph glands. The swelling usually goes down after 2 to 3 days, and no cases of tissue death (necrosis) have been reported.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Its venom is not lethal to humans, but it is still considered medically significant. Only a few case histories exist.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed, it inflates its body and hisses, and it can strike quickly if threatened.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?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 11 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 120 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Snouted night adder cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Snouted night adder circa 3,1 km/h (1,9 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

It is a good swimmer as well as a mostly ground-living snake.1

In captivity it soon becomes tame and unwilling to strike.1

Its common name refers to its prominent, upturned snout.1

It is nocturnal in general, but not entirely, so it can also be active by day.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Causus defilippii
Gruppa: Vipras
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Africa
Poppins: It lays eggs (oviparous). A clutch has six to eight eggs, and each hatchling is about 10 cm long including the tail.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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