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Anchieta's cobra

Naja anchietae

Davart il num: The name anchietae honours José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta, a Portuguese explorer of Africa.1

Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.

Cobras, mambas e kraits

MorsasMangia: Charn

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Anchieta's cobra is a venomous snake that lives in parts of southwestern Africa. It is a ground-dwelling cobra that spreads a broad hood when threatened. It is active at night and often comes close to human homes and farmyards.1

Viva en

Southwestern Africa: southern Angola, Namibia, northern Botswana, western Zambia and northwestern Zimbabwe1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It prefers savanna grassland, bushveld and lowveld, and also lives in semi-deserts and rocky areas. It is common along rivers and wetlands, and often lives in or near human settlements, where it may shelter under houses. It is never found in forest or desert, and is usually found at low altitudes.1

Lunghezza

1,2 m fin 2,3 m (3,9 ft fin 7,6 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a generalist feeder that eats frogs and toads, lizards and other snakes, birds (including poultry), bird eggs, rats and mice. It forages at dusk and can swallow eggs whole.1

Foto da Anchieta's cobra — Anchieta's cobra. Foto: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Young snakes are yellowish to light brown, with a black band circling the neck.1
As it grows, it becomes a darker brown and the neck band fades away.1
The throat band, which covers the front belly scales, is blue-black.1
When threatened, it spreads a large, impressive hood about 10 to 12 cm wide.1
In the southernmost parts of its range, some snakes are black with yellow bands across the body and tail.1

Savens confundì cun: The snouted cobra is very similar in shape, size and habits. The Anchieta's cobra is more inclined to stand its ground when confronted by a threat.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is mainly a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It may also contain cardiotoxic components, which harm the heart. Because it has moderately large size and relatively large fangs, it can inject a large volume of venom in a single bite.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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Bites are rare, but they have been known to cause human deaths.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When provoked it lifts its front body off the ground, spreads its hood and takes a defensive posture, but it will flee if it gets the chance, and it sometimes feigns death.1

Sch'el morda

Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital: l'antiserum è il tractament.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 13 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 46 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Anchieta's cobra cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Anchieta's cobra circa 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

In uffant sin il velo circa 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

The longest recorded male was 2.31 metres long and was caught in Windhoek, Namibia.1

It is hunted by birds of prey such as secretary birds and snake eagles, and by honey badgers and white-throated monitors.1

Males and females grow to similar sizes, although males usually have larger heads and longer tails.1

A banded form has been noted in roughly 13% of males and up to 22% of females.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Naja anchietae
Gruppa: Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Africa
Poppins: It lays eggs, between 47 and 60 at a time, in early summer. The hatchlings are 22 to 34 cm long and are fully independent from birth.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Anchieta's cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja anchietae (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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