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Forest night adder

Causus lichtensteinii
Ka ga leina: The scientific name honours German herpetologist Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Divaepara le dibolobolo Go loma
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

The forest night adder is a venomous snake found in western, central and eastern Africa. Unlike many snakes with 'night' in their name, it is active during the day, and it mostly lives on the ground in rainforest near water.1

E tshela kwa
Western, central and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Liberia east through Ghana and Nigeria to Uganda and western Kenya1
Aforika
Gae
This snake is mostly found in pristine rainforest, where very little light reaches the forest floor. It tends to live near water in swampy areas. In the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in Ghana, it has been found at heights of up to 670 m (2,200 ft).1
Boleele
30 cm go ya go 55 cm (1 ft go ya go 1,8 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Forest night adder
Forest night adder. Setshwantsho: tlaloc27. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Greenish or olive base colour, with a series of dark, narrow chevrons (V-shapes) pointing backwards down the back1
  • Chevron pattern may be faint or develop into diamond-shaped (rhombic) markings1
  • A characteristic white V-shape on the back of the neck1
  • Black throat with yellow bands1
  • Velvety-textured scales; young snakes are generally dark brown1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Little is known about the venom of this snake, so its effects on the body are not well understood.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When disturbed, it puts on a threat display of hissing and puffing.1

Fa e loma

  • Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse, tshegetsa setho se se lomilweng mo boemong jwa pelo, tlosa direng le dilo tse di tiileng, mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Forest night adder e ka nna 55 cm ka boleele (1,8 ft)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 3 di latelanaboleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 17 mo molenge ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Forest night adder e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

It is a good swimmer and has even settled on some islands in Lake Victoria.1

2

Unlike other members of its genus, it is mostly found in pristine rainforest.1

3

It is active during the day (diurnal) and spends most of its time on the ground.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Causus lichtensteinii
Setlhopha
Divaepara le dibolobolo
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Aforika
Masea
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to eight eggs.1
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Causus lichtensteinii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus lichtensteinii (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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