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West African night adder

Causus maculatus
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
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Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The West African night adder is a small, stout snake that lives in forests, savannas and dry semi-desert across West and Central Africa. It is venomous, but its bite usually causes only mild symptoms. It is known for hunting frogs and toads.1

Viva en
West and Central Africa, from Mauritania and Senegal east to western Ethiopia, south to DR Congo and northern Angola1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in a wide range of habitats, including forests, savanna and even semi-desert. It can be found at altitudes as high as 2,400 m (7,900 ft) and may be quite common in parts of its range.1
Lunghezza
30 cm fin 70 cm (1 ft fin 2,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds mainly on frogs and toads. It hunts on the ground and will climb into low bushes to pursue frogs.1
Propi!Foto da West African night adder
West African night adder. Foto: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Small and stout, usually 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) long including the tail.1
  • Brown background colour, sometimes grey, olive or light green, with a row of dark brown or blackish patches down the back.1
  • Flanks sprinkled with black scales.1
  • A distinct V-shaped mark on the head. It is solid black in young snakes and brown with a black outline in adults.1
  • Some snakes, especially from drier areas, have no back pattern at all, which makes them hard to identify. Those from DR Congo are often plain brown.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?

Bites cause mild symptoms, including pain, moderate swelling, swollen lymph nodes near the bite (local lymphadenitis) and a mild fever. Blistering has not been reported, and tissue death (necrosis) is rare and usually happens only as a secondary effect. The symptoms usually fade after two to three days, normally without complications.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Bites from this snake are described as causing mild symptoms that normally clear up without complications.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.

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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.

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Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

West African night adder circa 70 cm lung (2,3 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)

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Despite its name, the night adder is active at any time of day or night, and it has sometimes been seen basking in the sun.1

2

It is a slow-moving snake, but it can strike quickly. It tends to lash at its target rather than stab.1

3

It is most active in the rainy season, from March to October, when its prey is plentiful. It almost disappears during the dry season.1

4

Its back pattern varies a lot. Some snakes have no pattern at all, and snakes from DR Congo are often a uniform brown.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Causus maculatus
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It lays eggs. A female may lay a clutch of 6 to 20 eggs between February and April, and the young hatch between May and July.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Causus maculatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus maculatus (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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