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Shield-nosed cobra

Aspidelaps scutatus
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Macobra, mamba nemakrait InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The shield-nosed cobra is a venomous snake from the cobra family, Elapidae. It lives in dry, sandy savanna across southern Africa. It is a night-time digger that spends much of its life underground, and its venom is strong enough to be a serious danger to people.1

Inogara mu
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe1
Afrika
Kumba
It prefers sandy-soiled savanna, at altitudes of 90 to 1,400 m (300 to 4,590 ft). It is fossorial, meaning it is adapted to digging and tunnelling.1
Kureba
64 cm (2,1 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 6,2 km/h (3,9 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It preys on amphibians, lizards, snakes and mammals that are a suitable size for it.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waShield-nosed cobra
Shield-nosed cobra. Mufananidzo: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Adults have an average snout-to-vent length of 63.5 cm.1
  • It has a uniquely large rostral scale, the scale at the tip of the snout, which helps it dig.1
  • Its dorsal (back) scales are arranged in 21 to 25 rows at midbody.1
  • The scales on the rear part of the body are keeled, meaning they have a ridge along the middle.1
  • It is nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom is highly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Symptoms include slurred speech, drooping eyelids (ptosis) and partial paralysis.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The shield-nosed cobra is highly venomous. Its bite has caused at least one reported human death, even though it has a fairly low tendency to bite.1

Kana ikaruma

  • No antivenin is available for this species. Any bite or venom spat by any elapid snake should be treated as an urgent medical emergency.1
  • 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?

Shield-nosed cobra kunenge 64 cm kureba (2,1 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)
yakareba semabhanana 4 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 58 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

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Chokwadi

1

Its skull has a specialised structure, and its uniquely large rostral scale makes it very good at digging and tunnelling.1

2

The female may stay coiled around her eggs after laying them, guarding the clutch.1

3

The shield-nosed cobra can live for 20 to 28 years in captivity, but this age is normally not reached in the wild because of predation, accidents and other dangers.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Aspidelaps scutatus
Boka
Macobra, mamba nemakrait
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 10 eggs. The female may stay with her eggs, coiled around them.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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