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West African night adder

Causus maculatus

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

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

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West and Central Africa, from Mauritania and Senegal east to western Ethiopia, south to DR Congo and northern Angola1

Afrika

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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

Dolžina

30 cm do 70 cm (1 ft do 2,3 ft)1

Največja hitrost

približno 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

It feeds mainly on frogs and toads. It hunts on the ground and will climb into low bushes to pursue frogs.1

Fotografija: West African night adder — West African night adder. Fotografija: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako jo prepoznaš

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

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

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

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

Bites from this snake are described as causing mild symptoms that normally clear up without complications.1

Če ugrizne

Poškodovanca drži pri miru in ga pomirjaj, ugriznjeni ud drži v višini srca, odstrani prstane in tesne stvari ter ga hitro odpelji v bolnišnico.

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Ostani varen

Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
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Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

dolga kot 4 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore 100 metrov v 110 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je West African night adder v primerjavi s TABO?

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Kako hitra je?

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

West African night adder približno 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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Dejstva

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

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

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

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

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Causus maculatus
Skupina: Vipere in gadi
Družina: Viperidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Afrika
Mladiči: 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
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Causus maculatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Causus maculatus (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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