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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa East African garter snake
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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
Ka lebitso: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The East African garter snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of East Africa. It has a black body with light crossbands, and it is active at night. Its bite can cause pain and swelling, and there is no antivenom for snakes in its genus.1

E phela
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in woodland, savanna and grassland, at altitudes of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground, and it is nocturnal, so it is active at night.1
Bolelele
30 cm ho isa ho 65 cm (1 ft ho isa ho 2,1 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya East African garter snake
East African garter snake. Foto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • The body is black with light crossbands, which may be white, yellow, pink or red.1
  • The smooth, glossy scales are arranged in 13 rows at midbody.1
  • Adults usually measure 30 to 55 cm in total length, including the tail, and can reach about 65 cm.1
  • The tail is short, about 7.5% of the total length.1
  • It is active at night and moves on the ground.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

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?

This snake is venomous, meaning it injects venom with a bite. In humans, its bite causes local pain and swelling at the bite site. It also causes pain and swelling in the lymph nodes, the small glands that help fight infection.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it inflates and flattens its body to make the bright crossbands more visible. It may also raise the front half of its body and move it sharply from side to side.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?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

East African garter snake bolelele ba e ka bang 65 cm (2,1 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 59 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

East African garter snake 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

There is no antivenom for snakes in the genus Elapsoidea, the group this snake belongs to.1

2

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

3

It eats reptile eggs as well as frogs, lizards, snakes and small mammals.1

4

Its tail is short, making up about 7.5% of its total length.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Elapsoidea loveridgei
Sehlopha
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (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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