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Namaqua dwarf adder

Bitis schneideri
Ci turam: The specific name schneideri honours Dr Oskar Schneider (1841–1903), a friend of the scientist who described it. Schneider was a conchologist, a person who studies shells.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 Namaqua dwarf adder is a small venomous snake that lives on the coastal sand dunes where Namibia and South Africa meet. It is one of the smallest vipers in the world, and possibly the smallest.1

Dafay dund ci
Coastal region straddling the border between Namibia and South Africa, from near Lüderitz to Hondeklip Bay1
Afrig
Kër
It lives on white coastal sand dunes in a narrow strip of coastline. Its range may reach up to 60 km inland in the Sperrgebiet of southern Namibia.1
Guddaay
18 cm ba 28 cm (7,1 in ba 11 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3 km/h (1,9 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Namaqua dwarf adder
Namaqua dwarf adder. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • It is the smallest species in the genus Bitis.1
  • Adults usually measure 18–25 cm in total length, including the tail.1
  • It lives on white coastal sand dunes.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom is injected by bite. In one documented bite, the victim had intense pain, pronounced swelling, discolouration and oozing of fluid from the puncture marks. A 5 mm haematoma (a swelling of blood under the skin) formed after 24 hours. Symptoms eased over three to four days, and healing was complete after two weeks, with no loss of function. Minimal local tissue damage and no whole-body effects were reported.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

One bite is documented, recorded by a researcher. It caused pain and swelling but healed fully in about two weeks.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?

Namaqua dwarf adder guddaayam lu tollu ci 28 cm (11 in)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)
guddu na ni 9 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 120 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Namaqua dwarf 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 possibly the smallest viper in the world.1

2

Its population faces unusually high annual mortality, between 39% and 56%, because of its small size and the many predators in its environment.1

3

To cope with this losses, it is thought to breed once every year. Most vipers breed every other year or less often.1

4

It lives in a comparatively narrow strip of coastal dunes, where temperatures change little between seasons.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bitis schneideri
Mbooloo
Vipère
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Bitis schneideri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis schneideri (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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