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Bibron's stiletto snake

Atractaspis bibronii
Malunga negama: The species name bibronii honours French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Bibron's stiletto snake is a venomous snake found across southern and eastern Africa. It burrows and hunts other reptiles, often in old termite mounds. Its bite is serious and needs medical treatment, although no deaths have been recorded.1

Sihlala
Southern Africa, from central Namibia east to northern South Africa, north to Uganda, eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya and southern coastal Somalia1
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Ekhaya
It lives in fynbos, the Namib Desert, karoo scrub, semi-desert, savannah, grassland, lowland forest and woodland. It is found in old termite mounds, where it hunts burrowing reptiles.1
Ubude
55 cm (1,8 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-4,7 km/h (2,9 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
Its main diet is burrowing reptiles found in old termite mounds. It also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Bibron's stiletto snake
Bibron's stiletto snake. Ifoto: Matt Muir. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • The upper body is a uniform grey, dark brown or black.1
  • The belly is uniform white or pale yellow, with a series of dark blotches.1
  • Some specimens with a lighter belly have two or three scale rows on the flanks that are also coloured.1
  • Adults average 30 to 40 cm in total length, including the tail.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 highly cytotoxic, which means it damages cells. The venom is produced in very small amounts. Bite symptoms usually include mild to intense pain, local swelling with occasional blistering, and necrosis (death of tissue) and swollen lymph nodes near the bite. Dry throat and nausea may appear in the early stages.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Bites are common in some parts of Africa. It is the third most common cause of serious snakebites in South Africa, after the Mozambique spitting cobra and the puff adder. Snake handlers are often bitten, because the snake can bite while being held by its neck. No deaths have been recorded, but the bite is serious.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Any bite from this snake needs medical treatment as soon as possible. The bite is serious and treatment will need to be provided by medical staff.1
  • Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

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?

Bibron's stiletto snake malunga ne-55 cm ubude (1,8 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-3 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-17 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-77 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Bibron's stiletto snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It has a prominent, wedge-shaped (subcuneiform) snout.1

2

It was once known as the mole adder.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Atractaspis bibronii
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Atractaspididae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
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Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Atractaspis bibronii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atractaspis bibronii (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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