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Rhombic night adder

Causus rhombeatus

Ci turam: "Rhombic" refers to the rhombus-shaped blotches along its back.1

Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.

Vipère

Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp

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

The rhombic night adder is a venomous snake found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest snake in its genus, Causus, and it has a striking threat display that makes it look more dangerous than its venom usually makes it.1

Dafay dund ci

Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria east to Sudan and Kenya, south to eastern South Africa1

Afrig

Kër

It lives in forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland, at heights of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is usually found on the ground, but it can climb and swim.1

Guddaay

93 cm (3,1 ft)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

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

Ci suuf: xëtam ci Wikipedia

Lan lay lekk?

It mainly eats toads, but it also eats frogs and small mammals.1

Fotoy Rhombic night adder — Rhombic night adder. Foto: Paul venter. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

The main colour is usually a shade of brown, sometimes pinkish or greyish, and occasionally olive green.1
It has 20 to 30 rhombic (diamond-shaped) blotches with pale edges running along its back.1
Oblique black bars on its sides are each topped by one or two black spots with pale centres, which look like eyes.1
The head has a V-shaped mark that may be solid black, or brown with a black outline.1
Northern populations may have no pattern at all, which makes them harder to identify.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: The common egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) is compared with this snake. Its colour pattern and behaviour may be a form of defensive mimicry, meaning it may resemble another animal to stay safe.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom is low in toxicity. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling, with little tissue death (necrosis), and these symptoms usually fade within 2 to 3 days. Bites can still be serious, as in at least one case where a child needed a fasciotomy, a surgical operation to relieve pressure in a limb.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Most individuals are docile and seldom bite unless severely provoked. Bites can be serious, but there are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When seriously disturbed, it coils up, inflates its body so the dark markings stand out, hisses and puffs loudly, flattens the front of its body and neck, and strikes frantically.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 2 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 5 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Rhombic 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)

Rhombic 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

When striking, small individuals can lift themselves off the ground entirely.1

Its dark spots on the sides strongly resemble eyes.1

It is the largest member of the genus Causus, with an average total length of 60 cm.1

Newly hatched young feed on tiny frogs and toads.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Its bite is deadly.

Dëgg: There are no modern, well-documented cases of deaths from this species. Bites usually cause pain and minor swelling that fade within 2 to 3 days, although bites can still be serious.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Causus rhombeatus
Mbooloo: Vipère
Njaboot: Viperidae2
Toftal: Squamata
Kontinaa yi: Afrig
Liir yi: Females lay an average clutch of 24 eggs, which take about four months to hatch. The hatchlings are 10 to 12.5 cm long and feed on tiny frogs and toads.1
Musiba ci nit: 2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

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