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Equatorial spitting cobra

Naja sumatrana
Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikuuma au akikutemea sumu machoni, tafuta msaada haraka.
Swila, koboko na ngoshwe Hunyunyiza au kutemaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

The equatorial spitting cobra is a medium-sized cobra found in Southeast Asia. It can spray venom from a distance, which is what makes it special. It lives mainly in forests and sometimes in gardens and towns.1

Anaishi
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines (Palawan group only)1
Asia
Nyumbani
It lives at heights up to about 1,500 metres, mainly in tropical forests, including dense jungle. It has also been found in gardens, parks and urban areas, where it may come into contact with people.1
Urefu
90 cm hadi 1.5 m (3 ft hadi 4.9 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 7.1 kwa saa (maili 4.4 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It feeds mainly on rodents and frogs, but also eats other snakes, lizards and small mammals.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Equatorial spitting cobra
Equatorial spitting cobra. Picha: Nick Baker. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Medium-sized, usually 0.9 to 1.2 metres long, and can grow up to 1.5 metres1
  • Has no hood marks1
  • Comes in two colour forms: yellow (common in Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia) and black (found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines)1
  • Juveniles and adults often have different colours1
  • Has smooth scales and a short, rounded snout1

Nguvu ya sumu

Hunyunyiza au kutema

Hunyunyiza au kutema kimiminika kinachowasha kwa washambulizi.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom is postsynaptic neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. It also contains cardiotoxins, which damage the heart, and cytotoxins, which damage cells. The venom is strong enough that a bite can be serious.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

It will spit venom readily when cornered or threatened, and it can spit from up in trees. It will also strike and bite. The yellow form from Thailand is described as highly aggressive and more prone to spitting large amounts.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When cornered or threatened, it spits venom and will also strike and bite.1

Akiuma au kutema

  • Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka: dawa ya kuzuia sumu ndiyo tiba.
  • Sumu ikitemewa machoni, yasafishe mara moja kwa maji mengi safi.

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 au akikutemea sumu machoni: 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?

Equatorial spitting cobra urefu wa takriban 1.5 m (4.9 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 3 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 8 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 51 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Equatorial spitting cobra ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It can spit venom even when it is up in the trees.1

2

Cardiotoxins make up about 40% of its venom protein, a higher share than in some related spitting cobras.1

3

The yellow colour form from Thailand is described as more aggressive than the black form.1

4

It is mainly active during the day and lives on the ground.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: It is just a subspecies of the Indian cobra.

Ukweli: It was first defined as its own species in 1989. Earlier, its populations had been grouped under several subspecies of the Indian cobra.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Naja sumatrana
Kundi
Swila, koboko na ngoshwe
Familia
Elapidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Asia
Hatari kwa watu
4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Equatorial spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja sumatrana (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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