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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
Waa'ee maqaa: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
Ni dhukkubsa qofaNi dhukkubsa, garuu cimsee si hin miidhu.
Kobraa, mambaa fi kiraayitii CiniinnaaNyaata: Foon
Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.

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

Kan jiraatu
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
Afrikaa
Mana
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
Dheerina
30 cm hanga 65 cm (1 ft hanga 2,1 ft)1
Ariitii olaanaa
gara 6,1 km/sa'a (3,8 mph)
Lafa irra, tilmaama
Maal nyaata?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
Dhugumaan!Suuraa East African garter snake
East African garter snake. Suuraa: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Akkaataa itti beekamu

  • 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

Humna summii

Ciniinnaa

Summiin yeroo ciniinu ilkaan summii ykn ilkaan isaa keessaan ba'a.

Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?

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

Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?

Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?

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

Yoo ciniine

  • Namicha sochii malee fi tasgabbaa'aa tursiisi, qubeelaa fi waan cimee hidhu baasi, dafii hospitaala geessi: yaaliin isaa qoricha farra summii (antivenom) dha.

Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa

Nageenyaan turi

  • Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
  • Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
  • Yoo tokko si ciniine: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.

Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan

Hammam guddaa dha?

Dheerinni isaa hammam?

East African garter snake dheerinni gara 65 cm (2,1 ft)Adurree manaa gara 50 cm (1,6 ft)Saree gara 1 m (3,3 ft)
akka muuzii 4 walitti aananii tarreeffamanii dheeratameetira 100 sekoondii 59 keessatti fiiguu danda'a (namni hundaa caalaa ariifatu 9,6 barbaada)

East African garter snake SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?

Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.

Hammam ariifata?

beekuun gaarii dha

Dhugaawwan

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

Ogeeyyii summiitiif

Maqaa saayinsii
Elapsoidea loveridgei
Garee
Kobraa, mambaa fi kiraayitii
Maatii
Elapidae2
Tartiiba
Squamata
Ardiiwwan
Afrikaa
Ilmoolee
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Balaa namootaaf
2 / 5: Ni dhukkubsa3

Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
  3. Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.

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