West African Gaboon viper
Dafay màttThe West African Gaboon viper is a venomous snake with a pair of enlarged scales on its nose that look like horns. It lives in West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Like all vipers, it can bite and inject venom.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- Has a distinctive pair of enlarged nasal scales that look like horns on its nose.1
- The dark triangular marking running from the eye back towards the corner of the mouth is not divided.1
- Its head is broader than that of its close relative B. nasicornis.1
- Overall it is somewhat larger than B. gabonica.1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: The close relative B. nasicornis also has horn-like nasal scales, but it has a brighter colour pattern and a narrower head. B. gabonica is overall somewhat smaller, and in B. g. gabonica the dark marking from the eye to the mouth is divided, which it is not in this snake.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.
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?
guddu na ni 2,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geen
guddu na ni 7 banaana yu ñu toftale
mën na daw 100 meetar ci 92 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)West African Gaboon viper ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
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Xibaar
Its nose has a pair of enlarged scales that look like a pair of horns.1
In Ghana and Togo, which are at the eastern edge of its range, it meets and interbreeds with the Gaboon viper B. gabonica.1
In 2022, residents of Ota in Nigeria reported sighting one, which extended its known range to include Nigeria.1
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Bitis rhinoceros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bitis rhinoceros (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- 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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