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Banded water cobra

Naja annulata

Malunga negama: The scientific name Naja annulata refers to the cobra group (Naja) and the ringed, banded pattern on its body. The species was once called Boulengerina annulata.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

UkulumaSitya: Iintlanzi

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The banded water cobra is a large, heavy snake that lives mostly in the water. It is found in parts of central and western Africa, along lakes, rivers and streams. It is one of only two water cobra species in the world.1

Sihlala

Central and western Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Cabinda (Angola), Lake Tanganyika shores1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives along lakes, rivers and streams in forested or well-wooded savanna, mostly in lowland areas with bushy or wooded banks. It hides among rocks, in holes or under overhanging tree roots at the shoreline, and also uses man-made structures such as bridges and jetties.1

Ubude

1,4 m ukuya ku-2,8 m (4,6 ft ukuya ku-9,2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It preys almost exclusively on fish. It may also eat frogs, toads and other amphibians.1

Ifoto ka-Banded water cobra — Banded water cobra. Ifoto: Al Cortiz. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Large, heavy body with a short, broad, flat head1
Glossy brown, greyish-brown or reddish-brown body with black bands all along its length1
Pale yellow belly1
Wholly black tail1
Narrow but prominent hood, which it spreads when threatened1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom has not been well studied, but it is believed to be dangerously neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, as most elapids' venoms do. Laboratory tests on mice showed that its venom is very potent, with some of the lowest lethal doses recorded for any African cobra studied so far.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is secretive and seldom met by people. It is generally not aggressive and bites only when provoked.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

On land, when threatened, it rears up, spreads its hood and may hiss loudly, but it tends not to lunge forward. In water, it swims away quickly.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 nezinja eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-16 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-43 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Banded water 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)

Banded water cobra malunga ne-8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is an excellent swimmer and can stay underwater for up to 10 minutes.1

It can dive to depths of 25 m.1

It is one of only two water cobra species in the world; the other is the Congo water cobra (Naja christyi).1

It is a slow mover on land, so it usually heads for water to escape.1

A polyvalent antivenom made by the South African Institute of Medical Research neutralised its venom in laboratory tests.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

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

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Naja annulata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja annulata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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