Alcatrazes lancehead
The Alcatrazes lancehead is a small pit viper, a venomous snake that senses heat with pits on its face. It lives only on Ilha Alcatrazes, a small island off the coast of southeastern Brazil. It is special because its island home has shaped it over thousands of years into a snake that stays small.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- A small pit viper, reaching a maximum length of about 46 cm in males and 50 cm in females.1
- Relatively large eyes for its body size.1
- Found only on the Alcatrazes Islands, so it is not expected anywhere else in Brazil.1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Its island population was once connected to the mainland, where the common Bothrops still lives. Its small size and large eyes set it apart from these larger relatives.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.
Su màttee
- Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.
Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk
Sàmmal sa bopp
- Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
- May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
- Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.
Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
guddu na ni 3 banaana yu ñu toftale
guddu na ni 16 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale
mën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)Alcatrazes lancehead ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
Over time, isolated snakes shrank in size, a process known as allopatric speciation, because their food supply was less nutritious.1
About 15,000 years ago, rising seas cut the island off from the mainland, and its snakes became isolated.1
The island was once used as a naval target practice area.1
Its small size and relatively large eyes are considered juvenile (paedomorphic) features.1
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Bothrops alcatraz (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bothrops alcatraz (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.
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