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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
Kuhusu jina: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Swila, koboko na ngoshwe KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

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

Anaishi
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
Afrika
Nyumbani
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
Urefu
30 cm hadi 65 cm (1 ft hadi 2.1 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 6.1 kwa saa (maili 3.8 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya East African garter snake
East African garter snake. Picha: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

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

Akiuma

  • Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka: dawa ya kuzuia sumu ndiyo tiba.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

East African garter snake urefu wa takriban 65 cm (2.1 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na ndizi 4 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 59 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

East African garter snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Elapsoidea loveridgei
Kundi
Swila, koboko na ngoshwe
Familia
Elapidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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