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Ashe's spitting cobra

Naja ashei
Ka lebitso: The species is named after James Ashe, who founded the Bio-Ken Snake Farm and was one of the first experts to suggest it was a new species. The genus name Naja comes from a Sanskrit word meaning serpent.1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma kapa ya o tshwela chefo mahlong, fumana thuso kapele.
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait E a fafatsa kapa e a tshwela
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

Ashe's spitting cobra is a large venomous snake from eastern and northeastern Africa. It is the largest of all the spitting cobras, and it can spray venom from a distance as well as bite. Its venom can cause blindness if it gets into the eyes and not treated at once.1

E phela
Eastern and northeastern Africa: northern and eastern Kenya, northeastern Uganda, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in the dry lowlands of northern and eastern Kenya, and in similar dry places in neighbouring countries. On the Kenyan coast, adults over 2 m long are not uncommon.1
Bolelele
1,3 m ho isa ho 2,7 m (4,3 ft ho isa ho 8,9 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Ashe's spitting cobra
Ashe's spitting cobra. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Very heavily built, with a big head1
  • Colour ranges from light grey and pale mustard to dark brown1
  • Pale along the belly, sometimes with slight speckling or blotches1
  • A dark brown band across the throat1
  • Average length about 1.3 to 2.0 m including the tail, making it the largest spitting cobra1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It was once thought to be a brown form of the black-necked spitting cobra. It was classed as a separate species in 2007.1

Matla a chefo

E a fafatsa kapa e a tshwela

E fafatsa kapa e tshwela mokedikedi o hlabang ho ba e hlaselang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and cytotoxic, meaning it destroys cells. It is very similar to the venom of other spitting cobras, but it can inject a much larger volume in one bite. Its venom also causes strong tissue death around a wound.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The venom has low whole-body toxicity, so survival is very likely with proper treatment. Survivors may be left disfigured by tissue damage. If venom gets into the eyes and is not treated immediately, blindness is likely. Even with antivenom, amputation may be needed after a full dose from a large specimen.1

Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It is very defensive and does not hesitate to spit when it feels cornered. It can keep spitting for hours without running out of venom straight away.1

Haeba e loma kapa e tshwela

  • If venom gets into the eyes, rinse them straight away with water or another bland liquid, as delay can cause permanent blindness. Whether the person has been bitten or spat at, they should see a doctor as soon as possible. Treatment is the appropriate antivenom, SAVP polyvalent from South African Vaccine Producers, and the dose may need to be higher than for the average black-necked spitting cobra bite.1
  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele: antivenom ke yona kalafo.
  • Haeba chefo e tshwetswe mahlong, a hlatswe ka metsi a mangata a hlwekileng hang-hang.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma kapa e o tshwela chefo mahlong: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Ashe's spitting cobra bolelele ba e ka bang 2,7 m (8,9 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 15 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 41 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Ashe's spitting cobra e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It is the world's largest species of spitting cobra.1

2

It can spit venom in large amounts for hours.1

3

The largest specimen recorded, caught in Kenya, measured 270 cm in total length.1

4

One milked specimen at the Bio-Ken Snake Farm in 2004 produced a wet venom yield of 6.2 ml.1

5

It is most closely related to the Mozambique spitting cobra.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: It is just a brown form of the black-necked spitting cobra.

Nnete: It was classed as a separate species in 2007, after experts recognised its differences from other spitting cobras.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Naja ashei
Sehlopha
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Naja ashei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja ashei (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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