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Western green mamba

Dendroaspis viridis
Ci turam: Its scientific name uses the Latin word 'viridis', meaning green.1
Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a rey ci àddina. Su la màttee, woo ndimbal ci saa si.Ndimbal bu gaaw ak sérum antivenimeux dañuy musal lu ëpp ci nit ñi. Woo sa nimerob urgence ci saa si.
Kobra, mamba ak krait Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

The western green mamba is a long, thin and highly venomous snake. It lives in forests, thickets and woodland along the coast of West Africa, and it spends most of its time high in the trees. Its venom is fast-acting, so any bite needs urgent medical care.1

Dafay dund ci
West Africa, from Gambia and southern Senegal east to Benin, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo1
Afrig
Kër
It lives mainly in coastal tropical rainforest, thicket and woodland, and mostly in the forest canopy. It can survive where trees have been cleared if hedges and thicket remain, and it is found in some suburbs, towns and parklands with enough vegetation.1
Guddaay
1,4 m ba 2,1 m (4,6 ft ba 6,9 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It hunts mainly in trees, though it can also hunt on the ground. Its prey includes birds, rodents and squirrels.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Western green mamba
Western green mamba. Foto: Patrick Coin no u(Patrick Coin). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Bright green, fading to yellow or orange towards the tail.1
  • Scales have prominent black edges, which give a networked pattern.1
  • Long, slender body with a long tapering tail.1
  • Long, thin head with medium-sized eyes that have round pupils and yellowish brown irises.1
  • Typical adult length is 1.4 to 2.1 metres.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It can be mistaken for green bushsnakes of the genus Philothamnus, and for the boomslang. Counting scales is a key way to identify snakes to species level, and the western green mamba has 13 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, fewer than any similar species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom contains neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and fasciculins. Symptoms usually start within about 15 minutes and can include pain and swelling, headache, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, vertigo, low blood pressure and paralysis. Without treatment, the victim can die when paralysis stops the breathing muscles, and a bite can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

Bites to people are uncommon because the snake is rarely encountered and conflict with humans is low compared with some other species in the region. However, many recorded bites have been fatal, and the World Health Organization lists it as a snake of medical importance in western sub-Saharan Africa.1

Xibaar bu baax: doktoor yi am nañu garab (sérum antivenimeux) walla ab paj ngir lii.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When threatened, it can flatten its neck into a slight hood, and it usually retreats if it is encountered.1

Su màttee

  • Apply a pressure bandage, keep the victim as still as possible and take them quickly to a hospital or clinic. An arterial tourniquet may help because of the venom's neurotoxic effects. Antivenom is the main treatment, and tetanus toxoid is sometimes given.1
  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw: sérum antivenimeux mooy paj mi.

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?

Western green mamba guddaayam lu tollu ci 2,1 m (6,9 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 12 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 43 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Western green mamba 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

Its venom is among the fastest-acting of any snake, and symptoms can appear within about 15 minutes of a bite.1

2

Its venom is more potent than that of the eastern green mamba, and much less potent than that of the black mamba.1

3

It is mostly active during the day and spends most of its time in the forest canopy, sometimes at considerable height.1

4

The oldest recorded specimen was a captive snake that lived 18.7 years.1

5

It is one of the more expensive African snake species, and it is collected and sold internationally.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Western green mambas are aggressive snakes that attack people.

Dëgg: Opinions differ on how aggressive it is, and it usually retreats when encountered. Bites are uncommon, but when cornered it can attack, and its bites have a high fatality rate.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Dendroaspis viridis
Mbooloo
Kobra, mamba ak krait
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It lays a clutch of 6 to 14 eggs.1
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 18,7 at1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Musiba ci nit
5 / 5: Mën a rey3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Western green mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendroaspis viridis (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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