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Equatorial spitting cobra

Naja sumatrana
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda u ta spida tissi en ils egls, tschertga spert agid.
Cobras, mambas e kraits Sprizza u spidaMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The equatorial spitting cobra is a medium-sized cobra found in Southeast Asia. It can spray venom from a distance, which is what makes it special. It lives mainly in forests and sometimes in gardens and towns.1

Viva en
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines (Palawan group only)1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives at heights up to about 1,500 metres, mainly in tropical forests, including dense jungle. It has also been found in gardens, parks and urban areas, where it may come into contact with people.1
Lunghezza
90 cm fin 1,5 m (3 ft fin 4,9 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,1 km/h (4,4 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds mainly on rodents and frogs, but also eats other snakes, lizards and small mammals.1
Propi!Foto da Equatorial spitting cobra
Equatorial spitting cobra. Foto: Nick Baker. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Medium-sized, usually 0.9 to 1.2 metres long, and can grow up to 1.5 metres1
  • Has no hood marks1
  • Comes in two colour forms: yellow (common in Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia) and black (found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines)1
  • Juveniles and adults often have different colours1
  • Has smooth scales and a short, rounded snout1

Forza dal tissi

Sprizza u spida

El sprizza u spida in liquid che piztga sin ses attatgaders.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is postsynaptic neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. It also contains cardiotoxins, which damage the heart, and cytotoxins, which damage cells. The venom is strong enough that a bite can be serious.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

It will spit venom readily when cornered or threatened, and it can spit from up in trees. It will also strike and bite. The yellow form from Thailand is described as highly aggressive and more prone to spitting large amounts.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When cornered or threatened, it spits venom and will also strike and bite.1

Sch'el morda u spida

  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital: l'antiserum è il tractament.
  • Sch'il tissi è vegnì spidà en ils egls, lava ora quels immediat cun bler'aua netta.

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 u ta spida tissi en ils egls: 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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Equatorial spitting cobra circa 1,5 m lung (4,9 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 51 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Equatorial spitting cobra cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It can spit venom even when it is up in the trees.1

2

Cardiotoxins make up about 40% of its venom protein, a higher share than in some related spitting cobras.1

3

The yellow colour form from Thailand is described as more aggressive than the black form.1

4

It is mainly active during the day and lives on the ground.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is just a subspecies of the Indian cobra.

Vardad: It was first defined as its own species in 1989. Earlier, its populations had been grouped under several subspecies of the Indian cobra.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Naja sumatrana
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Equatorial spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja sumatrana (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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