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Olive grass snake

Psammophis mossambicus
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The olive grass snake is a long, olive-brown snake that lives in southern and central Africa. It has small teeth at the back of its mouth, so it is mildly venomous to people. It is often mistaken for the much more dangerous black mamba.1

Anaishi
Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa, with records as far north as southern Chad1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in somewhat moist places near a source of water.1
Urefu
1 m hadi 1.8 m (3.3 ft hadi 5.9 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5.7 kwa saa (maili 3.5 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats frogs, lizards and some rodents. Its small rear teeth are used to subdue small, slippery or squirmy prey.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Olive grass snake
Olive grass snake. Picha: Nigel Voaden. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Olive-brown colour1
  • Dark-edged scales1
  • Lighter-coloured underside1
  • Grows to 100 to 180 cm long1
  • Raises its head in a way similar to mambas and cobras when threatened1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is often confused with the black mamba, because it raises its head in a similar way to mambas, cobras and other elapid snakes. Unlike those snakes, the olive grass snake is rear-fanged, with small teeth at the back of the mouth.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom is mild, and it may also have toxic saliva. It is delivered by small teeth at the back of the mouth. Possible side effects include localised pain and swelling, nausea and fatigue.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

It is considered mildly venomous to humans. No deaths have been recorded.1

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu. Baadhi ya spishi (kama boomslang) zinaweza kuua saa kadhaa baadaye.

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?

Olive grass snake urefu wa takriban 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Baiskeli ya mtu mzima takriban 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Gari takriban 4.5 m (15 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 4 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 10 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 63 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Olive grass 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

It uses its mild venom mainly to subdue small, slippery prey such as frogs, lizards and some rodents.1

2

Its venom is delivered through small teeth at the back of the mouth, which is why it is called rear-fanged.1

3

It lives in somewhat moist places near water.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Because it raises its head like a black mamba, it is as dangerous as a mamba.

Ukweli: It is mildly venomous to humans, and no deaths have been recorded from its bites.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Psammophis mossambicus
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Psammophiidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Psammophis mossambicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Psammophis mossambicus (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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