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Shield-nosed cobra

Aspidelaps scutatus
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Kobra, mamba ak krait Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The shield-nosed cobra is a venomous snake from the cobra family, Elapidae. It lives in dry, sandy savanna across southern Africa. It is a night-time digger that spends much of its life underground, and its venom is strong enough to be a serious danger to people.1

Dafay dund ci
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe1
Afrig
Kër
It prefers sandy-soiled savanna, at altitudes of 90 to 1,400 m (300 to 4,590 ft). It is fossorial, meaning it is adapted to digging and tunnelling.1
Guddaay
64 cm (2,1 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 6,2 km/h (3,9 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It preys on amphibians, lizards, snakes and mammals that are a suitable size for it.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Shield-nosed cobra
Shield-nosed cobra. Foto: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Adults have an average snout-to-vent length of 63.5 cm.1
  • It has a uniquely large rostral scale, the scale at the tip of the snout, which helps it dig.1
  • Its dorsal (back) scales are arranged in 21 to 25 rows at midbody.1
  • The scales on the rear part of the body are keeled, meaning they have a ridge along the middle.1
  • It is nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is highly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Symptoms include slurred speech, drooping eyelids (ptosis) and partial paralysis.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The shield-nosed cobra is highly venomous. Its bite has caused at least one reported human death, even though it has a fairly low tendency to bite.1

Su màttee

  • No antivenin is available for this species. Any bite or venom spat by any elapid snake should be treated as an urgent medical emergency.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.

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: 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?

Shield-nosed cobra guddaayam lu tollu ci 64 cm (2,1 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 4 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 58 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Shield-nosed 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

Its skull has a specialised structure, and its uniquely large rostral scale makes it very good at digging and tunnelling.1

2

The female may stay coiled around her eggs after laying them, guarding the clutch.1

3

The shield-nosed cobra can live for 20 to 28 years in captivity, but this age is normally not reached in the wild because of predation, accidents and other dangers.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Aspidelaps scutatus
Mbooloo
Kobra, mamba ak krait
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 10 eggs. The female may stay with her eggs, coiled around them.1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Shield-nosed cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Aspidelaps scutatus (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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