Banded water cobra
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

Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.
Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?
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
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.It is secretive and seldom met by people. It is generally not aggressive and bites only when provoked.1
Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1
E etsang ha e tshohile?
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
Haeba e loma
- Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele: antivenom ke yona kalafo.
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: 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?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 16 tse latellanang
e ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 43 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Banded water 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?
Dintlha
It is an excellent swimmer and can stay underwater for up to 10 minutes.1
It can dive to depths of 25 m.1
It is one of only two water cobra species in the world; the other is the Congo water cobra (Naja christyi).1
It is a slow mover on land, so it usually heads for water to escape.1
A polyvalent antivenom made by the South African Institute of Medical Research neutralised its venom in laboratory tests.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Naja annulata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja annulata (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- 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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Ho loma

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