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Olive grass snake

Psammophis mossambicus
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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

E tshela kwa
Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa, with records as far north as southern Chad1
Aforika
Gae
It lives in somewhat moist places near a source of water.1
Boleele
1 m go ya go 1,8 m (3,3 ft go ya go 5,9 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 5,7 km/h (3,5 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It eats frogs, lizards and some rodents. Its small rear teeth are used to subdue small, slippery or squirmy prey.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Olive grass snake
Olive grass snake. Setshwantsho: Nigel Voaden. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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

Fa e loma

  • Tlhatswa fa go lomilweng, dira gore motho a ritibale mme o batle thuso ya bongaka. Mefuta mengwe (jaaka boomslang) e ka bolaya diura morago.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Olive grass snake e ka nna 1,8 m ka boleele (5,9 ft)Baesekele ya motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka nna 4,5 m (15 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 4 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 10 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 63 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Olive grass snake e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

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

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

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

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Psammophis mossambicus
Setlhopha
Dinoga tse di nang le meno a botlhole kwa morago
Lelapa
Psammophiidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Aforika
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Psammophis mossambicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Psammophis mossambicus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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