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Senegalese cobra

Naja senegalensis
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Cobra, mamba ne krait KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The Senegalese cobra is a large, heavy snake that lives in West Africa. It is a venomous cobra, and it is special because scientists once thought it was the same snake as the Egyptian cobra, but it is now recognised as its own species.1

Kibeera mu
West Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger and Nigeria1
Afirika
Obuwanvu
2,5 m (8 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 8 km/h (5 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Senegalese cobra
Senegalese cobra. Ekifaananyi: Lies Van Rompaey. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Adults are uniformly dark grey-brown on the upper body, with slightly lighter lower flanks.1
  • The throat is dark brown, and the underside is cream with dark grey-brown mottling.1
  • Juveniles are grey with a black head and neck, and often have a light blotch on the back of the hood.1
  • The light blotch usually disappears as the snake grows up, although a few keep it into adulthood.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is often confused with this species. The Senegalese cobra normally has more than 23 dorsal scale rows around the neck, and its head is uniformly dark, with no obvious pattern on the supralabial scales (the scales along the upper lip).1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is rich in long chain alpha-neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The Senegalese cobra does not spit venom, so its venom is delivered by a bite.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

Bwe kiruma

  • Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu: eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) bwe bujjanjabi.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Senegalese cobra kiwanvu nga 2,5 m (8 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4,5 m (15 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 14 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 45 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Its venom is rich in neurotoxins, which act on the nervous system.1

2

It is a large, robust cobra, with a maximum recorded total length of 245 cm.1

3

It does not spit venom, unlike some other cobras.1

4

For a long time, scientists believed it was the same species as the Egyptian cobra.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The Senegalese cobra is the same snake as the Egyptian cobra.

Amazima: For a long time it was thought to be the same species, but morphological and genetic differences show it is a separate species.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Naja senegalensis
Ekibinja
Cobra, mamba ne krait
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Senegalese cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja senegalensis (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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