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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
Ko fii innde ndee: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
No muusi tunNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Kobra, mamba e kraits ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The East African garter snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of East Africa. It has a black body with light crossbands, and it is active at night. Its bite can cause pain and swelling, and there is no antivenom for snakes in its genus.1

No hoɗi nder
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
Afirik
Hello arano
It lives in woodland, savanna and grassland, at altitudes of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground, and it is nocturnal, so it is active at night.1
Juutugol
30 cm haa 65 cm (1 ft haa 2,1 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
Goonga!Natal East African garter snake
East African garter snake. Natal: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • The body is black with light crossbands, which may be white, yellow, pink or red.1
  • The smooth, glossy scales are arranged in 13 rows at midbody.1
  • Adults usually measure 30 to 55 cm in total length, including the tail, and can reach about 65 cm.1
  • The tail is short, about 7.5% of the total length.1
  • It is active at night and moves on the ground.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

This snake is venomous, meaning it injects venom with a bite. In humans, its bite causes local pain and swelling at the bite site. It also causes pain and swelling in the lymph nodes, the small glands that help fight infection.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When threatened, it inflates and flattens its body to make the bright crossbands more visible. It may also raise the front half of its body and move it sharply from side to side.1

Si no ŋata

  • Haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol, deeƴnu mo, ittu baagiiji e ko tiiɗi fow, yahra mo lopitaan law: sérum antivenimeux ko safaara.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

East African garter snake juuti wona 65 cm (2,1 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 4 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 59 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono East African garter snake mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

There is no antivenom for snakes in the genus Elapsoidea, the group this snake belongs to.1

2

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

3

It eats reptile eggs as well as frogs, lizards, snakes and small mammals.1

4

Its tail is short, making up about 7.5% of its total length.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Elapsoidea loveridgei
Fedde
Kobra, mamba e kraits
Ɓesngu
Elapidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afirik
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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