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Snouted cobra

Naja annulifera

Davart il num: It is also called the banded Egyptian cobra, because it was once thought to be a close relative of the Egyptian cobra.1

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Cobras, mambas e kraits

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

The snouted cobra is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern Africa. It is a night hunter that often makes its home in old termite mounds. Because it can deliver a dangerous bite, it is important to know what it looks like and where it lives.1

Viva en

Northeast South Africa, southern Mozambique, eastern Botswana, Malawi, throughout Zimbabwe and parts of Eswatini1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It lives in dry and moist savanna, especially bushveld and lowveld areas, but not in forests. It often uses an abandoned termite mound as a permanent lair, where it may stay for years if left undisturbed. It also raids poultry runs and can become a nuisance to farmers.1

Lunghezza

1,2 m fin 2,5 m (3,9 ft fin 8,2 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It eats toads, rodents, birds and their eggs, lizards and other snakes, especially puff adders. It hunts mainly at night, from dusk onwards.1

Foto da Snouted cobra — Snouted cobra. Foto: sheilapic76. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Adults usually measure 1.2 to 1.8 metres, and can reach 2.5 metres1
Body colour ranges from yellowish to greyish-brown, dark brown or blue-black1
The banded form is blue-black with 7 to 11 yellow to yellow-brown cross bars1
The underside is yellow, mottled with black, with a darker throat band that is more obvious in juveniles1
When disturbed, it raises the front third of its body and spreads a hood while hissing1

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 neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. A bite can affect breathing, and if untreated it may cause respiratory failure and death. Early symptoms include pain and local swelling, which may lead to blistering.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is a highly venomous species. Victims are typically bitten on the lower leg, usually at night. Without treatment, a bite can be fatal.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It is nervous and will strike to defend itself if threatened, but given the chance it will escape into a hole or crevice. Rarely, it may pretend to be dead.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 2,5 chauns dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 14 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 43 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Snouted cobra cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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

Snouted cobra circa 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

It hunts other snakes, especially puff adders.1

Very large adults can lift up to 0.5 metres of their body off the ground while spreading a wide hood.1

It often makes its home in an abandoned termite mound, where it may live for years.1

Its young are already 22 to 34 cm long when they hatch from eggs.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Naja annulifera
Gruppa: Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Africa
Poppins: It lays between 8 and 33 eggs in early summer. The young average 22 to 34 cm long.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

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