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Anchieta's cobra

Naja anchietae
Malunga negama: The name anchietae honours José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta, a Portuguese explorer of Africa.1
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Anchieta's cobra is a venomous snake that lives in parts of southwestern Africa. It is a ground-dwelling cobra that spreads a broad hood when threatened. It is active at night and often comes close to human homes and farmyards.1

Sihlala
Southwestern Africa: southern Angola, Namibia, northern Botswana, western Zambia and northwestern Zimbabwe1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It prefers savanna grassland, bushveld and lowveld, and also lives in semi-deserts and rocky areas. It is common along rivers and wetlands, and often lives in or near human settlements, where it may shelter under houses. It is never found in forest or desert, and is usually found at low altitudes.1
Ubude
1,2 m ukuya ku-2,3 m (3,9 ft ukuya ku-7,6 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is a generalist feeder that eats frogs and toads, lizards and other snakes, birds (including poultry), bird eggs, rats and mice. It forages at dusk and can swallow eggs whole.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Anchieta's cobra
Anchieta's cobra. Ifoto: Dr. Thomas Dörner. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Young snakes are yellowish to light brown, with a black band circling the neck.1
  • As it grows, it becomes a darker brown and the neck band fades away.1
  • The throat band, which covers the front belly scales, is blue-black.1
  • When threatened, it spreads a large, impressive hood about 10 to 12 cm wide.1
  • In the southernmost parts of its range, some snakes are black with yellow bands across the body and tail.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The snouted cobra is very similar in shape, size and habits. The Anchieta's cobra is more inclined to stand its ground when confronted by a threat.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is mainly a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It may also contain cardiotoxic components, which harm the heart. Because it has moderately large size and relatively large fangs, it can inject a large volume of venom in a single bite.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Bites are rare, but they have been known to cause human deaths.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When provoked it lifts its front body off the ground, spreads its hood and takes a defensive posture, but it will flee if it gets the chance, and it sometimes feigns death.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza: i-antivenom lunyango.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Anchieta's cobra malunga ne-2,3 m ubude (7,6 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-13 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-46 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Anchieta's cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

The longest recorded male was 2.31 metres long and was caught in Windhoek, Namibia.1

2

It is hunted by birds of prey such as secretary birds and snake eagles, and by honey badgers and white-throated monitors.1

3

Males and females grow to similar sizes, although males usually have larger heads and longer tails.1

4

A banded form has been noted in roughly 13% of males and up to 22% of females.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Naja anchietae
Iqela
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho
Elapidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Iintsana
It lays eggs, between 47 and 60 at a time, in early summer. The hatchlings are 22 to 34 cm long and are fully independent from birth.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Anchieta's cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja anchietae (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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