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Eastern green mamba

Dendroaspis angusticeps

Oor die naam: The species name angusticeps comes from Latin words meaning 'narrow' and 'head'.1

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Kobras, mambas & kraits

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The eastern green mamba is a highly venomous snake with a slender body and bright green back. It lives in trees along the coasts of southern and East Africa. Although it is one of the most common green mambas, it is shy and usually hidden in leaves, so it is rarely seen.1

Leef in

Coastal regions of East and southern Africa, from Kenya south through Tanzania and Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, plus Zanzibar.1

Afrika

Tuis

It is mainly a tree-dweller that prefers dense, shady vegetation, including forest, thickets and farm trees such as citrus, mango, coconut and cashew. In coastal East Africa it sometimes enters houses and may shelter in thatched roofs.1

Lengte

1,8 m tot 2,5 m (5,9 ft tot 8,2 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It eats birds and their eggs and chicks, small mammals including bats, arboreal rodents and arboreal lizards. It usually waits in ambush for prey, though it has also been seen actively hunting a sleeping bat.1

Foto van Eastern green mamba — Eastern green mamba. Foto: Dick Culbert. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Bright green upperparts, sometimes with a few isolated yellow scales.1
Pale yellow-green belly.1
Juveniles are blue-green and turn bright green at about 75 cm long.1
Long, slender, coffin-shaped head. It can flatten its neck into a slight hood when threatened.1
The inside of the mouth is white or bluish-white.1

Word dikwels verwar met: Green forms of the boomslang are often called green mambas in Southern Africa. They have larger eyes and shorter heads. Green bush snakes of the genus Philothamnus are often confused with smaller eastern green mambas. The boomslang is also venomous.1

Gifkrag

Byte

Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

Its venom contains neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cardiotoxins, which damage the heart. Symptoms include swelling at the bite, dizziness, nausea, dehydration, laboured breathing and difficulty swallowing. These can progress to irregular heartbeat, convulsions and respiratory paralysis, which stops breathing and can be fatal. Paralysis may be mild or absent.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: DodelikEen van die gevaarlikste diere in die wêreld.

A survey in southern Africa from 1957 to 1979 recorded 17 bites confirmed as eastern green mambas. Ten of these caused systemic envenomation, and no victims died. Bites are most common from September to February, the breeding season, when the snake is most irritable. The average dose able to kill a human is about 18 to 20 mg of venom, and one bite can deliver 60 to 95 mg (dry weight). In 2024, a YouTuber died after being bitten, following anaphylactic shock.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

It is shy and avoids people and predators, attacking only when it feels threatened, and it can flatten its neck into a hood.1

As dit byt

Severe bites must be treated immediately on site, as they can quickly prove deadly.1
Hou die persoon stil en kalm, haal ringe en stywe goed af, en kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit: teengif is die behandeling.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou byt: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 2,5 honde neus tot stertso lank soos 14 piesangs punt aan puntkan 100 meter in 43 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot is Eastern green mamba in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Eastern green mamba omtrent 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Males fight each other during the breeding season, usually entwining and pushing to pin each other's heads down. These fights can last several hours, but the snakes do not bite each other.1

Unlike most elapid snakes, which hunt actively, it often waits in ambush for its prey, a style more common among vipers.1

On average, an individual moves only about 5.4 metres per day, and it can stay in the same place for days.1

It has the least toxic venom of the three green mamba species, but it is still highly venomous.1

The oldest recorded eastern green mamba was a captive snake that lived 18.8 years.1

Mite-breker

Mite: It is an aggressive, fast-moving 'people-chaser'.

Waarheid: It is shy and elusive, usually hidden in trees, and it generally avoids people. It attacks only when it feels threatened.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Dendroaspis angusticeps
Groep: Kobras, mambas & kraits
Familie: Elapidae2
Orde: Squamata
Kontinente: Afrika
Babas: The female lays 4 to 17 eggs, usually 10 to 15, in leaf litter in hollow trees, from October to November. The young measure about 30 to 45 cm in the wild.1
Lewensduur: omtrent 18,8 jaar1
Gevaar vir mense: 5 / 5: Dodelik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Eastern green mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Dendroaspis angusticeps (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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