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Ọ̀ghọ́ta — Rhinoceros Viper/Bitis nasicornis
A specie of Viper

Ọgbá/Gbaragogo —

A specie of snake, I can't find a picture on the internet, and I don't know he English name

Will be updated as soon as I get it

Mọ́námọ́ná — Ball python

Ọ̀ṣa —

A specie of snake, I can't find a picture on the internet, and I don't know he English name

Will be updated as soon as I get it

Àgbadú — Black mamba

Àgbàfúùfú/Gbàgbàfúùfú — Rattlesnake

Béwérẹ́/Abéwérẹ́ — Jameson's Mamba

Nìnì —


After months of searching, i finally found the picture for this snake

Isán —

A species of snake, But I can't find the picture on the internet and the English name too!

Ṣèbé — Spitting Cobra

Olúfà — Anaconda

Erè — Boa Constrictor

Òjòlá/Òṣùmàrè — Python

Paramọ́lẹ̀ — Puff adder/Night adder

Ọká — Gaboon Viper

Popular Saying:
1. Ọmọ Inú ọká Ni ùn Ṣe ikú p'ọká

Lámilámi — Dragonfly

Popular Saying:
1. Àlọ Lámilámi L'aa ri, Ẹnìkan kìí ri àbọ̀ rẹ̀

Abùtata, Dákódákó/Damọlóko — Mantis

Ìdin — Maggot

Tata — Grasshopper

Àrígiṣẹ́gi — Woodcarrier

Àiná Ọlọrun —

Popular song:

Àiná saré tete ogun un bọ̀
Àiná saré tete ogun ùn bọ̀

I can't find the picture for this too and the English name!

Ayítalẹ́ —

Popular Saying:
1. Ikú ọmọ L'o un pa Ayítalẹ́

Does anyone have a picture of this animal? I can't seem to find it, And to be honest, I have never seen it before!

And what is the English name?

Yínmiyínmi/Yígbẹ̀yigbẹ̀/Ogidi/Ogidimo/ —

Popular Proverb:

1. A kìí bá yínmiyínmi du'mi, A kìí bá Àtẹ̀lẹ̀sẹ́ du Ọ̀nà

Gúlúsọ/Kúlúsọ — antlion larva

Popular Song:

Gúlúsọ, Gulúso
Abiamọ Gúlúsọ
Gúlúsọ, Gúlúsọ
Abiamọ Gúlúsọ

Imùnmúná, Tọnátọná Alẹ́ — Firefly

Labalábá — Butterfly

Aáyán — Cockroach

Alábọ̀nbọ̀n/Lábọ̀nbọ̀n — Bumblebee

Oyin — Bee

Agbọ́n — Wasp

Eṣinṣin — Housefly

Esunsun/Ilé Esun/Ibà — Flying termite