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Green night adder

Causus resimus

Ci turam: The common name refers to its green colour, though it is active by day rather than at night.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 green night adder is a venomous snake that lives in parts of tropical Africa. It is bright green to olive in colour, with dark chevron-shaped bands along its back. Despite its name, it is mostly active in daylight.1

Dafay dund ci

Tropical Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Ethiopia, south to Tanzania and DR Congo. Isolated population in western Angola.1

Afrig

Kër

It prefers low-lying moist savanna, wooded hills, high grasslands, and the banks of rivers through swamps, rocky gorges, coastal scrub and semi-deserts. It also lives in man-made places such as abandoned quarries, sugar cane plantations and pools beside roads. It has been found from sea level up to 1,800 m.1

Guddaay

30 cm ba 75 cm (1 ft ba 2,5 ft)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ci suuf, xalaat

Fotoy Green night adder — Green night adder. Foto: le0p0ld_d. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

Green ground colour, from bright green to olive1
Dark inverted chevron-like crossbars running down the back1
Yellow chin and throat1
Yellowish, cream or pearly belly1
Stout body with a short head and an upturned snout1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Its colour pattern is similar to that of C. defilippii and C. rhombeatus, other Causus species.1

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. It is presumed to be similar to that of other species in the genus Causus.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 inflates itself and puts on a hissing and puffing threat display, raising and coiling the front of its body before making sweeping, lashing strikes.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?

Afrig Asi Tugal Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar Amerig gu Bëj-saalum Ostarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

guddu na ni 4 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Green 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?

Ab mbonaat lu tollu ci 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Green night adder lu tollu ci 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ab nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

baax na xam

Xibaar

Despite the word 'night' in its name, it is diurnal and is often seen basking in the sun.1

It is mostly terrestrial, but it is also a good swimmer.1

It has been known to climb into sedges to hunt prey.1

Its scales have a velvety look, which gives one of its common names.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The 'night' in its name suggests it is only active after dark.

Dëgg: It is diurnal, meaning it is active during the day, and it is often seen basking.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Causus resimus
Mbooloo: Vipère
Njaboot: Viperidae2
Toftal: Squamata
Kontinaa yi: Afrig
Liir yi: It lays eggs, with a clutch of 4 to 12. In Somalia, the eggs are laid in July.1
Musiba ci nit: 2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Causus resimus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Causus resimus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
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