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Forest night adder

Causus lichtensteinii
Ci turam: The scientific name honours German herpetologist Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Vipère Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci
Western, central and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Liberia east through Ghana and Nigeria to Uganda and western Kenya1
Afrig
Kër
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
Guddaay
30 cm ba 55 cm (1 ft ba 1,8 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Forest night adder
Forest night adder. Foto: tlaloc27. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Forest night adder guddaayam lu tollu ci 55 cm (1,8 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 3 banaana yu ñu toftaleguddu na ni 17 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Forest night 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

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Causus lichtensteinii
Mbooloo
Vipère
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to eight eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Causus lichtensteinii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Causus lichtensteinii (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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