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Forest cobra

Naja melanoleuca
Na ntina ya kombo: Melanoleuca comes from Ancient Greek and means "of black and white".1
Ekoki kobomaEkoki koboma yo soki bosalisi ezali te. Soki esui yo, luka lisalisi noki.
Ba cobra, ba mamba & ba krait KosuaElyaka: Mosuni
Likama mpo na bato: Likama mingiEkoki koboma moto oyo azwi bosalisi te.

The forest cobra is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in central and western Africa. It is the largest true cobra, and it is one of the few African cobras that lives in high forest. It is dangerous, so anyone bitten needs urgent medical care.1

Ezalaka na
Mainly central and western Africa, including Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo1
Afrika
Ebandeli
It lives in lowland forest, moist savanna and mangroves in west Africa. It is adaptable and can live in drier areas, and it is often found in and around central African towns. People may meet it in junk piles, unused buildings, hollow logs, holes and fruit plantations, where it sometimes lives in the trees.1
Molai
1,4 m kino 3,2 m (4,6 ft kino 10 ft)1
Kilo
2 kg kino 3,6 kg (4,4 lb kino 7,9 lb)1
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)
Na mabele, kokanisa ya pene
Elyaka nini?
It is a generalist and eats a wide range of prey, from large insects to small mammals and other reptiles. In some areas its main diet is fish.1
Solo solo!Foto ya Forest cobra
Forest cobra. Foto: schizoform. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ndenge ya koyeba yango

  • Forest and forest-edge forms are glossy black, with cream or white chin, throat and belly, and broad black cross-bars and blotches.1
  • The sides of the head show black and white markings that look like vertical bars on the lips.1
  • West African savanna forms are banded black and yellow, with a black tail and yellow lips, chin and throat.1
  • East African coastal forms are brownish or blackish-brown above, with a yellow or cream belly speckled with brown or black.1
  • Adults are usually 140 to 220 cm long.1

Makasi ya venin

Kosua

Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.

Venin na yango esalaka nini?

Its venom is a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves and causes severe neurotoxicity. Symptoms can include drooping eyelids, drowsiness, limb paralysis, hearing loss, inability to speak, dizziness, shock, low blood pressure, stomach pain, fever and breathing problems. A large amount of venom can be injected in one bite.1

Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?

Likama mpo na bato: Likama mingiEkoki koboma moto oyo azwi bosalisi te.

It is one of the least frequent causes of snake bites among African cobras, largely because it lives in forests. Even so, it ranks as the 4th most venomous Naja (true cobra) species, and a bite is a life-threatening emergency. Deaths from respiratory failure have been reported. A child in Ghana died within 20 minutes of being bitten by a snake thought to be this species.1

Nsango malamu: ba monganga bazali na nkisi (antivenin) to bosalisi mpo na yango.1

Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?

When threatened, it raises the front of its body off the ground, spreads a narrow hood and hisses loudly. If cornered or agitated, it can attack quickly.1

Soki esui

  • Most victims survive if antivenom is given promptly, as soon as signs of envenomation appear. Because a bite is a life-threatening emergency, the bitten person needs urgent medical care.1
  • Tika moto aningana te mpe azala kimia, longola ba bague mpe biloko oyo ekangi makasi, mpe kende na lopitalo noki: antivenin nde nkisi na yango.

Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso

Zala na libateli

  • Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
  • Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
  • Soki moko esui yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.

Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela

Monene na yango boni?

Molai na yango boni?

Forest cobra molai pene na 3,2 m (10 ft)Velo ya moto mokolo pene na 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Motuka pene na 4,5 m (15 ft)

Kilo na yango boni?

kilo lokola bitabe 30
molai lokola bambwa 3, zolo kino mokilamolai lokola bitabe 18 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusupene na kilo ya pusu ya ndakoekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 41 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)

Forest cobra azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?

Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.

Mbangu na yango boni?

malamu koyeba

Makambo ya solo

1

It is the largest true cobra species and possibly the largest of all Naja species in the world.1

2

It is an excellent climber and has been known to climb trees to 10 m or more.1

3

It swims well and is often considered semi-aquatic.1

4

It does not spit or spray its venom.1

5

It is mainly active during the day in quiet areas, but it can be active at night in towns.1

Mpo na ba expert ya venin

Kombo ya siansi
Naja melanoleuca
Ebota
Ba cobra, ba mamba & ba krait
Libota
Elapidae2
Molongo
Squamata
Bakontina
Afrika
Likama mpo na bato
4 / 5: Likama mingi3

Esika makambo euti

  1. Forest cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja melanoleuca (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
  3. Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.

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