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Martinique lancehead

Bothrops lanceolatus
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Vipère à fossettes Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The Martinique lancehead is a large pit viper that lives only on the Caribbean island of Martinique. It is one of the most important venomous snakes in the West Indies, and its picture is on the island's old snake flag.1

Dafay dund ci
Martinique, a Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Guddaay
1,5 m ba 2 m (4,9 ft ba 6,6 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats other animals and waits in ambush for them. Larger snakes take larger prey. It hunts rats, mice, birds, rabbits, lizards, frogs, snakes and bats.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Martinique lancehead
Martinique lancehead. Foto: RatioTile. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Colour is brown, black and grey.1
  • Adults are large, measuring 1.5 to 2 m long.1
  • It is an ambush hunter that waits patiently for prey to wander past.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom contains toxins that cause clotting and bleeding in humans. It can also damage muscles and cause swelling.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

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?

Martinique lancehead guddaayam lu tollu ci 2 m (6,6 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
guddu na ni 4 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 11 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 86 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Martinique lancehead 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

Each year it returns to the same ambush site in time for the spring migration of birds.1

2

Studies suggest these snakes learn to improve their strike accuracy over time.1

3

It is shown on the 'snake flag' of Martinique, although that flag is now rarely used.1

4

It is one of only a few flags in the world that show a snake, along with the Gadsden flag and the Mexican flag.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bothrops lanceolatus
Mbooloo
Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
Like other crotalines, it gives birth to live young. The eggs develop inside the mother's body and the babies hatch there, emerging as free-living young.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Bothrops lanceolatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops lanceolatus (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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