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Zebra spitting cobra

Naja nigricincta
Davart il num: The name 'nigricincta' comes from Latin words meaning 'black-banded', which fits its dark crossbars.1
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 spida
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The zebra spitting cobra is a venomous snake with dark stripes across its body. It lives in the deserts and drier parts of southern Africa, and it is often found near people, including inside homes. It can spit venom at its enemies, which makes it a snake to respect.1

Viva en
Southern Africa: southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in deserts and drier regions. It frequents human homes, both in towns and in rural areas, and is commonly found inside dwellings. It is often seen crossing roads at night.1
Lunghezza
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,3 km/h (4,5 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Zebra spitting cobra
Zebra spitting cobra. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Dark brown to black body with zebra-like vertical whitish or light yellow stripes along the back1
  • The stripes are generally evenly spaced and may be complete or broken into pieces1
  • Head and hood are uniformly dark brown or black1
  • Scales on the underside range from white to orange1
  • Young snakes are lighter in colour than adults1

Savens confundì cun: It was long thought to be a subspecies of the black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis), but differences in body shape and genes led to it being recognised as a separate species. Both of its subspecies are smaller than the black-necked spitting cobra. The subspecies known as the black spitting cobra is solid black, with no stripes.1

Forza dal tissi

Sprizza u spida

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom can cause massive bleeding inside the body, tissue death (necrosis) and paralysis. The snake can also spit its venom with great accuracy, which can cause temporary or permanent blindness if it hits the eyes.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Most bites happen at night, while victims are asleep, because the snake often enters homes. Its spitting can cause blindness.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It spits venom at enemies with great accuracy, and like other cobras it can flatten its head and neck into a hood.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Zebra 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 49 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Zebra spitting cobra cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It can spit venom accurately enough to hit an enemy's eyes from a distance.1

2

The subspecies known as the black spitting cobra is solid black, with no stripes.1

3

It is mostly active at night, which is why it is often seen crossing roads after dark.1

4

Its young are lighter in colour than the adults.1

5

It is smaller than its close relative, the black-necked spitting cobra.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Naja nigricincta
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Naja nigricincta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja nigricincta (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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