Snouted cobra
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

Maziviro ayo
- 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
Simba reuturu
Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.
Uturu hwayo hunoitei?
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
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.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
Inoitei kana yatya?
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
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?
yakareba seimbwa 2,5 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumuswe
yakareba semabhanana 14 akateedzana
inogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 43 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)Snouted cobra yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
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
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Snouted cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja annulifera (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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