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Shield-nosed cobra

Aspidelaps scutatus
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Kobra, mamba e kraits ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The shield-nosed cobra is a venomous snake from the cobra family, Elapidae. It lives in dry, sandy savanna across southern Africa. It is a night-time digger that spends much of its life underground, and its venom is strong enough to be a serious danger to people.1

Ina wuuri e
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe1
Afrik
Hello arano
It prefers sandy-soiled savanna, at altitudes of 90 to 1,400 m (300 to 4,590 ft). It is fossorial, meaning it is adapted to digging and tunnelling.1
Juuteendi
64 cm (2,1 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 6,2 km/h (3,9 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It preys on amphibians, lizards, snakes and mammals that are a suitable size for it.1
Goonga!Natal Shield-nosed cobra
Shield-nosed cobra. Natal: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Adults have an average snout-to-vent length of 63.5 cm.1
  • It has a uniquely large rostral scale, the scale at the tip of the snout, which helps it dig.1
  • Its dorsal (back) scales are arranged in 21 to 25 rows at midbody.1
  • The scales on the rear part of the body are keeled, meaning they have a ridge along the middle.1
  • It is nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom is highly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Symptoms include slurred speech, drooping eyelids (ptosis) and partial paralysis.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The shield-nosed cobra is highly venomous. Its bite has caused at least one reported human death, even though it has a fairly low tendency to bite.1

So ina ŋata

  • No antivenin is available for this species. Any bite or venom spat by any elapid snake should be treated as an urgent medical emergency.1
  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law: sérum antivenimeux woni safaara.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Shield-nosed cobra hedde 64 cm juutde (2,1 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 4 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 58 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Shield-nosed cobra mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its skull has a specialised structure, and its uniquely large rostral scale makes it very good at digging and tunnelling.1

2

The female may stay coiled around her eggs after laying them, guarding the clutch.1

3

The shield-nosed cobra can live for 20 to 28 years in captivity, but this age is normally not reached in the wild because of predation, accidents and other dangers.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Aspidelaps scutatus
Fedde
Kobra, mamba e kraits
Ɓesngu
Elapidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 10 eggs. The female may stay with her eggs, coiled around them.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Shield-nosed cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Aspidelaps scutatus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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