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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus
Ka lebitso: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-viper le di-adder Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1
Bolelele
93 cm (3,1 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng: sengolo sa yona sa Wikipedia
E ja eng?
It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Rhombic night adder
Rhombic night adder. Foto: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, boloka setho se lomilweng se lekana le bophahamo ba pelo, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Rhombic night adder bolelele ba e ka bang 93 cm (3,1 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 5 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Rhombic night adder e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

2

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

3

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

4

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Its bite is deadly.

Nnete: 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Causus rhombeatus
Sehlopha
Di-viper le di-adder
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
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
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Causus rhombeatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus rhombeatus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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