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Banded water cobra

Naja annulata
Nezvezita: The scientific name Naja annulata refers to the cobra group (Naja) and the ringed, banded pattern on its body. The species was once called Boulengerina annulata.1
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakuruma, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Macobra, mamba nemakrait InorumaInodya: Hove
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The banded water cobra is a large, heavy snake that lives mostly in the water. It is found in parts of central and western Africa, along lakes, rivers and streams. It is one of only two water cobra species in the world.1

Inogara mu
Central and western Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Cabinda (Angola), Lake Tanganyika shores1
Afrika
Kumba
It lives along lakes, rivers and streams in forested or well-wooded savanna, mostly in lowland areas with bushy or wooded banks. It hides among rocks, in holes or under overhanging tree roots at the shoreline, and also uses man-made structures such as bridges and jetties.1
Kureba
1,4 m kusvika 2,8 m (4,6 ft kusvika 9,2 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It preys almost exclusively on fish. It may also eat frogs, toads and other amphibians.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBanded water cobra
Banded water cobra. Mufananidzo: Al Cortiz. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Large, heavy body with a short, broad, flat head1
  • Glossy brown, greyish-brown or reddish-brown body with black bands all along its length1
  • Pale yellow belly1
  • Wholly black tail1
  • Narrow but prominent hood, which it spreads when threatened1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom has not been well studied, but it is believed to be dangerously neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, as most elapids' venoms do. Laboratory tests on mice showed that its venom is very potent, with some of the lowest lethal doses recorded for any African cobra studied so far.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

It is secretive and seldom met by people. It is generally not aggressive and bites only when provoked.1

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

On land, when threatened, it rears up, spreads its hood and may hiss loudly, but it tends not to lunge forward. In water, it swims away quickly.1

Kana ikaruma

  • Chengeta munhu asingafambe uye akadzikama, bvisa mhete nezvinhu zvakasunga, uende kuchipatara nokukurumidza: antivenom ndiwo mushonga wacho.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Banded water cobra kunenge 2,8 m kureba (9,2 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Motokari kunenge 4,5 m (15 ft)
yakareba seimbwa 3 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 16 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 43 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Banded water cobra yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It is an excellent swimmer and can stay underwater for up to 10 minutes.1

2

It can dive to depths of 25 m.1

3

It is one of only two water cobra species in the world; the other is the Congo water cobra (Naja christyi).1

4

It is a slow mover on land, so it usually heads for water to escape.1

5

A polyvalent antivenom made by the South African Institute of Medical Research neutralised its venom in laboratory tests.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Naja annulata
Boka
Macobra, mamba nemakrait
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Naja annulata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja annulata (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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