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Forest cobra

Naja melanoleuca

Davart il num: Melanoleuca comes from Ancient Greek and means "of black and white".1

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

Cobras, mambas e kraits

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

The forest cobra is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in central and western Africa. It is the largest true cobra, and it is one of the few African cobras that lives in high forest. It is dangerous, so anyone bitten needs urgent medical care.1

Viva en

Mainly central and western Africa, including Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It lives in lowland forest, moist savanna and mangroves in west Africa. It is adaptable and can live in drier areas, and it is often found in and around central African towns. People may meet it in junk piles, unused buildings, hollow logs, holes and fruit plantations, where it sometimes lives in the trees.1

Lunghezza

1,4 m fin 3,2 m (4,6 ft fin 10 ft)1

Paisa

2 kg fin 3,6 kg (4,4 lb fin 7,9 lb)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a generalist and eats a wide range of prey, from large insects to small mammals and other reptiles. In some areas its main diet is fish.1

Foto da Forest cobra — Forest cobra. Foto: schizoform. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Forest and forest-edge forms are glossy black, with cream or white chin, throat and belly, and broad black cross-bars and blotches.1
The sides of the head show black and white markings that look like vertical bars on the lips.1
West African savanna forms are banded black and yellow, with a black tail and yellow lips, chin and throat.1
East African coastal forms are brownish or blackish-brown above, with a yellow or cream belly speckled with brown or black.1
Adults are usually 140 to 220 cm long.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 a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves and causes severe neurotoxicity. Symptoms can include drooping eyelids, drowsiness, limb paralysis, hearing loss, inability to speak, dizziness, shock, low blood pressure, stomach pain, fever and breathing problems. A large amount of venom can be injected in one bite.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is one of the least frequent causes of snake bites among African cobras, largely because it lives in forests. Even so, it ranks as the 4th most venomous Naja (true cobra) species, and a bite is a life-threatening emergency. Deaths from respiratory failure have been reported. A child in Ghana died within 20 minutes of being bitten by a snake thought to be this species.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it raises the front of its body off the ground, spreads a narrow hood and hisses loudly. If cornered or agitated, it can attack quickly.1

Sch'el morda

Most victims survive if antivenom is given promptly, as soon as signs of envenomation appear. Because a bite is a life-threatening emergency, the bitten person needs urgent medical care.1
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?

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 30 bananas

uschè lung sco 3 chauns dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 18 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess currer 100 meters en 41 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Forest 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)

Forest cobra circa 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

It is the largest true cobra species and possibly the largest of all Naja species in the world.1

It is an excellent climber and has been known to climb trees to 10 m or more.1

It swims well and is often considered semi-aquatic.1

It does not spit or spray its venom.1

It is mainly active during the day in quiet areas, but it can be active at night in towns.1

Per experts da tissi

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

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Forest cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja melanoleuca (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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