Rhombic night adder
The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

Sida loo aqoonsado
- The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
- It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
- Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
- The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
- Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1
Inta badan lagu khaldaa: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1
Awoodda sunta
Suntu waxay ka soo baxdaa ilkihiisa sunta ama ilkihiisa marka uu qaniino.
Maxay samaysaa suntiisa (qaniin ama mudid)?
The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1
Intee buu dadka khatar ugu yahay?
Khatarta dadka: Xanuun badanAad buu u xanuunjin karaa, laakiin ku dhowaad weligiis khatar weyn ma aha.Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1
Muxuu sameeyaa marka uu baqo?
When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.1
Haddii uu qaniino
- Qofka ka dhig mid aan dhaqaaqin oo deggan, xubinta la qaniinay ku hay heerka wadnaha, ka saar faraantiyada iyo waxyaabaha adag, si degdeg ahna u geey isbitaalka.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
Badbaado
- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii mid ku qaniino: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
Kuma raadinayo. Suntiisa wuxuu u isticmaalaa inuu cunto ku qabsado ama isku difaaco, wuxuuna aad u door bidaa inuu dhuunto. Wax badan oo ku saabsan badbaadada
Intee buu le'eg yahay?
Intee buu dherer le'eg yahay?
dhererka 2 bisad guri oo san ilaa dabo isku xiga
dhererka 5 muus oo isku xiga
100 mitir wuxuu ku gooyn karaa 110 ilbiriqsi (qofka ugu dheereeya wuxuu u baahan yahay 9.6)Intee buu Rhombic night adder le'eg yahay marka ADIGA laguu barbar dhigo?
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Intee buu u dheereeyaa?
Xaqiiqooyin
Beeniye-jabiye
Khuraafaad: Its bite is deadly.
Run: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1
Khubarada sunta
- Magaca sayniska
- Causus rhombeatus
- Koox
- Abeesooyin iyo adder
- Qoys
- Viperidae2
- Kala horreynta
- Squamata
- Qaaradaha
- Afrika
- Carruurta yaryar
- Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
- Khatarta dadka
- 2 / 5: Xanuun badan3
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Causus rhombeatus (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
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