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Western green mamba

Dendroaspis viridis
Za dzinali: Its scientific name uses the Latin word 'viridis', meaning green.1
YakuphaImodzi mwa nyama zakupha kwambiri pa Dziko Lapansi. Ikakuluma, itana thandizo nthawi yomweyo.Thandizo lofulumira ndi antivenom zimapulumutsa anthu ambiri. Imbira nambala yadzidzidzi nthawi yomweyo.
Ma cobra, mamba ndi krait ImalumaImadya: Nyama
Ngozi kwa anthu: YakuphaImodzi mwa nyama zoopsa kwambiri padziko lonse.

The western green mamba is a long, thin and highly venomous snake. It lives in forests, thickets and woodland along the coast of West Africa, and it spends most of its time high in the trees. Its venom is fast-acting, so any bite needs urgent medical care.1

Imakhala ku
West Africa, from Gambia and southern Senegal east to Benin, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo1
Africa
Kunyumba
It lives mainly in coastal tropical rainforest, thicket and woodland, and mostly in the forest canopy. It can survive where trees have been cleared if hedges and thicket remain, and it is found in some suburbs, towns and parklands with enough vegetation.1
Kutalika
1,4 m mpaka 2,1 m (4,6 ft mpaka 6,9 ft)1
Liwiro lapamwamba
pafupifupi 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)
Pamtunda, kuyerekeza chabe
Imadya chiyani?
It hunts mainly in trees, though it can also hunt on the ground. Its prey includes birds, rodents and squirrels.1
Zoona!Chithunzi cha Western green mamba
Western green mamba. Chithunzi: Patrick Coin no u(Patrick Coin). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Mmene ungaizindikirire

  • Bright green, fading to yellow or orange towards the tail.1
  • Scales have prominent black edges, which give a networked pattern.1
  • Long, slender body with a long tapering tail.1
  • Long, thin head with medium-sized eyes that have round pupils and yellowish brown irises.1
  • Typical adult length is 1.4 to 2.1 metres.1

Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: It can be mistaken for green bushsnakes of the genus Philothamnus, and for the boomslang. Counting scales is a key way to identify snakes to species level, and the western green mamba has 13 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, fewer than any similar species.1

Mphamvu ya ululu

Imaluma

Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.

Ululu wake umachita chiyani?

Its venom contains neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and fasciculins. Symptoms usually start within about 15 minutes and can include pain and swelling, headache, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, vertigo, low blood pressure and paralysis. Without treatment, the victim can die when paralysis stops the breathing muscles, and a bite can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes.1

Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?

Ngozi kwa anthu: YakuphaImodzi mwa nyama zoopsa kwambiri padziko lonse.

Bites to people are uncommon because the snake is rarely encountered and conflict with humans is low compared with some other species in the region. However, many recorded bites have been fatal, and the World Health Organization lists it as a snake of medical importance in western sub-Saharan Africa.1

Nkhani yabwino: madokotala ali ndi mankhwala (antivenom) kapena chithandizo cha ichi.1

Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?

When threatened, it can flatten its neck into a slight hood, and it usually retreats if it is encountered.1

Ikaluma

  • Apply a pressure bandage, keep the victim as still as possible and take them quickly to a hospital or clinic. An arterial tourniquet may help because of the venom's neurotoxic effects. Antivenom is the main treatment, and tetanus toxoid is sometimes given.1
  • Munthuyo akhale chete ndi wodekha, chotsa mphete ndi zinthu zothina, ndipo mufikitse kuchipatala mwachangu: antivenom ndiye mankhwala ake.

Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba

Khala wotetezeka

  • Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
  • Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
  • Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.

Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka

Ndi yaikulu bwanji?

Ndi yaitali bwanji?

Western green mamba yaitali pafupifupi 2,1 m (6,9 ft)Njinga ya munthu wamkulu pafupifupi 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Galimoto pafupifupi 4,5 m (15 ft)
yaitali ngati amphaka apakhomo 4 mphuno ndi mchira motsatizanayaitali ngati nthochi 12 zoyalidwa motsatizanaingathamange mamita 100 m'masekondi 43 (munthu wothamanga kwambiri amafunika 9.6)

Western green mamba ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.

Imathamanga bwanji?

zoyenera kudziwa

Mfundo

1

Its venom is among the fastest-acting of any snake, and symptoms can appear within about 15 minutes of a bite.1

2

Its venom is more potent than that of the eastern green mamba, and much less potent than that of the black mamba.1

3

It is mostly active during the day and spends most of its time in the forest canopy, sometimes at considerable height.1

4

The oldest recorded specimen was a captive snake that lived 18.7 years.1

5

It is one of the more expensive African snake species, and it is collected and sold internationally.1

Kuthetsa nthano zabodza

Nthano yabodza: Western green mambas are aggressive snakes that attack people.

Zoona: Opinions differ on how aggressive it is, and it usually retreats when encountered. Bites are uncommon, but when cornered it can attack, and its bites have a high fatality rate.1

Za akatswiri a ululu

Dzina la sayansi
Dendroaspis viridis
Gulu
Ma cobra, mamba ndi krait
Banja
Elapidae2
Dongosolo
Squamata
Makontinenti
Africa
Ana akhanda
It lays a clutch of 6 to 14 eggs.1
Kutalika kwa moyo
pafupifupi zaka 18,71
Mmene ilili kuthengo
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Ngozi kwa anthu
5 / 5: Yakupha3

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Western green mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendroaspis viridis (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
  3. Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.

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