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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
Davart il num: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Cobras, mambas e kraits MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
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
Lunghezza
30 cm fin 65 cm (1 ft fin 2,1 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
Propi!Foto da East African garter snake
East African garter snake. Foto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

East African garter snake circa 65 cm lung (2,1 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 59 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Elapsoidea loveridgei
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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