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Andaman cobra

Naja sagittifera

Malunga negama: The name comes from the Andaman Islands, where the snake lives. Its scientific name, sagittifera, is Latin for 'arrow-bearing'.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

Ukuluma

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Andaman cobra is a large, heavy-bodied snake found only on the Andaman and Little Andaman Islands of India. It has a very potent venom. It can defend itself by spitting venom, although this is rare and it aims poorly.1

Sihlala

Andaman and Little Andaman Islands, India (found nowhere else)1

IAsiya

Ubude

1,8 m (5,9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Ifoto ka-Andaman cobra — Andaman cobra. Ifoto: Moinudheen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults come in three colour forms: glossy black, light brown or cream, and grey.1
Most adults have an indistinct black 'monocle' mark on the hood, which is a single ring-like mark.1
Juveniles are glossy black with narrow white cross-bars on the body and tail, which look like 'A' shapes from the side.1
Juveniles have a distinct white monocle mark with a black centre, which turns black as the snake ages.1
When threatened, it expands its neck to form a hood.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom is very potent. If it is spat into the eye and not treated, it can cause intense pain and blindness. Bites from its close relative, the monocled cobra, can cause a painful bite with swelling, and in some cases tissue death, and flaccid paralysis, a weakening of the muscles.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The venom is very potent. Bite numbers and deaths for this species are not known.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It may spread its hood and, in rare cases, spit venom, usually aimed at the eyes.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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-4 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-10 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-52 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Andaman cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Andaman cobra malunga ne-6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

Umntwana okhwele ibhayisekile malunga ne-12 km/h (7,5 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is medium to large in length and has a heavy body.1

It is a close relative of the monocled cobra and the Caspian cobra.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: All cobras are true spitting cobras that aim accurately.

Inyaniso: The Andaman cobra is not a true spitting cobra. It spits only rarely, and its aim is poor.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Naja sagittifera
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Andaman cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja sagittifera (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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