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Ashe's spitting cobra

Naja ashei
Ci turam: The species is named after James Ashe, who founded the Bio-Ken Snake Farm and was one of the first experts to suggest it was a new species. The genus name Naja comes from a Sanskrit word meaning serpent.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee walla mu tuuf daŋar ci say bët, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Kobra, mamba ak krait Dafay xëpp walla tuuf
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

Ashe's spitting cobra is a large venomous snake from eastern and northeastern Africa. It is the largest of all the spitting cobras, and it can spray venom from a distance as well as bite. Its venom can cause blindness if it gets into the eyes and not treated at once.1

Dafay dund ci
Eastern and northeastern Africa: northern and eastern Kenya, northeastern Uganda, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia1
Afrig
Kër
It lives in the dry lowlands of northern and eastern Kenya, and in similar dry places in neighbouring countries. On the Kenyan coast, adults over 2 m long are not uncommon.1
Guddaay
1,3 m ba 2,7 m (4,3 ft ba 8,9 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Ashe's spitting cobra
Ashe's spitting cobra. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Very heavily built, with a big head1
  • Colour ranges from light grey and pale mustard to dark brown1
  • Pale along the belly, sometimes with slight speckling or blotches1
  • A dark brown band across the throat1
  • Average length about 1.3 to 2.0 m including the tail, making it the largest spitting cobra1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It was once thought to be a brown form of the black-necked spitting cobra. It was classed as a separate species in 2007.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay xëpp walla tuuf

Dafay xëpp walla tuuf ab ndox muy lakk ci kaw ñi ko song.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and cytotoxic, meaning it destroys cells. It is very similar to the venom of other spitting cobras, but it can inject a much larger volume in one bite. Its venom also causes strong tissue death around a wound.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The venom has low whole-body toxicity, so survival is very likely with proper treatment. Survivors may be left disfigured by tissue damage. If venom gets into the eyes and is not treated immediately, blindness is likely. Even with antivenom, amputation may be needed after a full dose from a large specimen.1

Xibaar bu baax: doktoor yi am nañu garab (sérum antivenimeux) walla ab paj ngir lii.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It is very defensive and does not hesitate to spit when it feels cornered. It can keep spitting for hours without running out of venom straight away.1

Su màttee walla mu tuuf

  • If venom gets into the eyes, rinse them straight away with water or another bland liquid, as delay can cause permanent blindness. Whether the person has been bitten or spat at, they should see a doctor as soon as possible. Treatment is the appropriate antivenom, SAVP polyvalent from South African Vaccine Producers, and the dose may need to be higher than for the average black-necked spitting cobra bite.1
  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw: sérum antivenimeux mooy paj mi.
  • Su ñu tuufee daŋar ci bët yi, raxas leen ak ndox mu set mu bare ci saa si.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la walla mu tuuf daŋar ci say bët: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Ashe's spitting cobra guddaayam lu tollu ci 2,7 m (8,9 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
guddu na ni 2,5 xaj, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 15 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 41 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Ashe's spitting cobra ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It is the world's largest species of spitting cobra.1

2

It can spit venom in large amounts for hours.1

3

The largest specimen recorded, caught in Kenya, measured 270 cm in total length.1

4

One milked specimen at the Bio-Ken Snake Farm in 2004 produced a wet venom yield of 6.2 ml.1

5

It is most closely related to the Mozambique spitting cobra.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It is just a brown form of the black-necked spitting cobra.

Dëgg: It was classed as a separate species in 2007, after experts recognised its differences from other spitting cobras.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Naja ashei
Mbooloo
Kobra, mamba ak krait
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Naja ashei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja ashei (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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