OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 286

ngòöwora

•  the patola snake, it is the most dangerous of snakes since the bigger ones attack even women and children.de patolaslang, dit is de eenigste gevaarlijke slang, daar de grootere soorten zelfs vrouwen en kinderen aanvallen.

Scientific name: Python reticulatus

Note: Harmless species on Ternate are: the wangé-wangé, with green spots; the saibòrò, with yellow stripes, which feeds especially on chickens’ eggs; and the matabuta, which wriggles like a blind man not knowing the way