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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei
ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1
የቐንዚ ጥራይየቐንዚ እዩ፣ ግን ከቢድ ጉድኣት ኣየውርደልካን።
ኮብራታት፣ ማምባታትን ክሬታትን ንኽሳታትዝበልዖ፦ ስጋ
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

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

ዝነብረሉ
Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1
ኣፍሪቃ
መበገሲ
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
ንውሓት
ካብ 30 cm ክሳብ 65 cm (ካብ 1 ft ክሳብ 2,1 ft)1
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 6,1 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (3,8 ማይል/ሰዓት)
ኣብ መሬት, ግምት
እንታይ ይበልዕ?
It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1
ብሓቂ!ስእሊ East African garter snake
East African garter snake። ስእሊ፦ Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn። CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

  • 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

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ንኽሳታት

ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

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

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?

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

እንተ ነኺሱ

  • ነቲ ሰብ ከይንቀሳቐስን ህዱእን ግበሮ፣ ቀለበታትን ዝጸበቡ ነገራትን ኣውጽእ፣ ብቕልጡፍ ድማ ናብ ሆስፒታል ውሰዶ፦ እቲ ሕክምና ጸረ-መርዚ መድሃኒት እዩ።

ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት

ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ

  • ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
  • ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
  • ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።

ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

East African garter snake ንውሓቱ ኣስታት 65 cm (2,1 ft)ድሙ ገዛ ኣስታት 50 cm (1,6 ft)ከልቢ ኣስታት 1 m (3,3 ft)
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 4 ባናናታት ይነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ብ59 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

East African garter snake ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

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

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Elapsoidea loveridgei
ጉጅለ
ኮብራታት፣ ማምባታትን ክሬታትን
ስድራ ቤት
Elapidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ
Squamata
ክፍለ ዓለማት
ኣፍሪቃ
ህጻናት
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት
2 / 5: ዘቐንዚ3

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
  3. Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.

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