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Indian cobra

Naja naja
Davart il num: The name Naja comes from the Sanskrit word nāga, meaning "cobra".1
MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'el ta morda, clama immediat agid.Agid svelt ed antiserum salvan las bleras persunas. Clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza.
Cobras, mambas e kraits MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The Indian cobra is a heavy-bodied venomous snake that lives across the Indian subcontinent. It is famous for the large hood it spreads when threatened. It is one of the four snakes responsible for the most snakebites in India and Sri Lanka, so knowing how to recognise it matters.1

Viva en
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and southern Nepal. Also reported in Bhutan and possibly eastern Afghanistan.1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives in forests, plains, farmland such as rice paddies, rocky ground, wetlands and towns and villages. It is often found near water and hides in holes, tree hollows, termite mounds and rock piles. It sometimes enters buildings in search of rats.1
Lunghezza
1 m fin 2,2 m (3,3 ft fin 7,2 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats rodents, plovers, grebes, lizards and frogs. It bites its prey, waits while the venom disables it, and then swallows it whole.1
Propi!Foto da Indian cobra
Indian cobra. Foto: Chayant Gonsalves. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • A relatively large hood, which it expands when threatened.1
  • Many individuals have a hood mark on the back of the hood: two round eye-like patterns joined by a curved line, looking like a pair of spectacles.1
  • Colour varies widely. The underside can be grey, yellow, tan, brown, reddish or black, and many adults have salt-and-pepper speckles on the upper scales.1
  • Adults in southern Pakistan are often uniformly black on top, with a light underside.1

Savens confundì cun: The Oriental rat snake is often mistaken for this cobra, but it is much longer and has a more ridged-looking body. The monocled cobra has an O-shaped pattern on the back of its hood, while the Indian cobra has a spectacles-shaped pattern. The Caspian cobra can be confused with it where they share range in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but it is never fully black.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 mainly contains a powerful neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a cardiotoxin, which harms the heart. The neurotoxin paralyses muscles, and severe bites can lead to respiratory failure (breathing failure) or cardiac arrest (the heart stopping). Symptoms may appear between 15 minutes and two hours after a bite. Early signs include severe local pain and swelling that spreads up the limb, followed by darkening and blistering of the skin, as well as headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and drowsiness.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

It is responsible for many snakebites and most snakebite cases in Bangladesh. In one study, untreated bite victims had a mortality rate of about 20–30%. In another study of patients who received prompt medical treatment, the rate was 9%. The amount of venom delivered varies from bite to bite.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 spreads its large hood.1

Sch'el morda

  • Prompt medical treatment and antivenom reduce deaths from this snake's bites. Polyvalent serum, an antivenom that works against several snake species, is available for treating these bites.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Indian cobra circa 2,2 m lung (7,2 ft)Il velo d'in creschì circa 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto circa 4,5 m (15 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 12 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 46 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Indian cobra cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its venom is used as an intoxicant in India. Snake charmers have been paid to provide bites from their snakes, and the effects include loss of consciousness, euphoria and sedation.1

2

Hatchlings are independent from birth and have fully working venom glands, so even young snakes can deliver venom.1

3

It is revered in Hindu mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers.1

4

It is protected under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972).1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Naja naja
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Poppins
It lays eggs, usually 10 to 30 in rat holes or termite mounds between April and July. The eggs hatch after 48 to 69 days.1
Privel per umans
5 / 5: Mortal3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Indian cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja naja (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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