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Ethiopian mountain adder

Bitis parviocula
Ci turam: The specific name parviocula means "small-eyed", from the Latin words parvus (small) and oculus (eye).1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Vipère Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The Ethiopian mountain adder is a large venomous viper that lives only in Ethiopia. It has a broad head and striking geometric patterns along its back. Scientists knew very little about it for many years, and it is still being studied.1

Dafay dund ci
Ethiopia only, on both sides of the Rift Valley, in the Bale Mountains and between Bonga and Jimma1
Afrig
Kër
It has been found in forested areas west of the Rift Valley, including a forest clearing in an old coffee plantation and the grounds of a brewery in a forest town. In the east it was found in high grassland near a rocky stream. It has been collected at altitudes of 1,700 to 2,800 metres.1
Guddaay
1,3 m (4,3 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Ethiopian mountain adder
Ethiopian mountain adder. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • It is large, with a broad, flat, triangular head that is distinct from its thin neck.1
  • A pattern of black hexagons or diamonds runs down the centre of the back, linked by yellow butterfly-shaped markings.1
  • Black triangular spots with white centres run down the upper flanks, and greenish-grey triangles with yellow edges sit on the lower flanks.1
  • The head is brown with a dark triangle between the eyes and a dark hammer shape behind it.1
  • The upper lip scales are white, and the chin and throat are white with black speckling.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom was essentially unknown until recently, so its toxicity and make-up are still poorly understood. It is assumed to cause at least some of the bites reported in the densely populated areas where it lives. The venom can be neutralised by SAIMR antivenom.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

Local people regard it as very dangerous. The only well-documented bite involved a herpetologist from Texas in 2009, who was bitten on the finger by a young captive snake and survived.1

Xibaar bu baax: doktoor yi am nañu garab (sérum antivenimeux) walla ab paj ngir lii.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

In the one living specimen studied, it was less irritable than the puff adder and was not inclined to strike, but it hissed when teased and struggled furiously when restrained.1

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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Ethiopian mountain adder guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,3 m (4,3 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Ab nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
guddu na ni 2,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 7 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 100 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Ethiopian mountain adder ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

The first specimen known to science was a road kill on the east side of the Rift Valley in Ethiopia.1

2

In 1995, the species was known from only three specimens.1

3

In 2007, an exporter transported 20 of these snakes to the United States.1

4

In 2014, the San Diego Zoo became the first U.S. zoo to successfully breed the species in captivity.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bitis parviocula
Mbooloo
Vipère
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Bitis parviocula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis parviocula (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. 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.

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