Chinese cobra
UkulumaThe Chinese cobra is a venomous snake from southern China and a few neighbouring countries and islands. It is one of the most common venomous snakes in China, and it has caused many snakebites there.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- The hood marking varies. It can look like spectacles, a mask, a horseshoe or the letter O, and it is often linked to a pale throat area on at least one side.1
- The body is iridescent black, with widely spaced yellow double lines running across it.1
- The underside is pearl or slate-coloured. The upper colour is usually brown, grey or black, sometimes with narrow pale lines, which are especially clear in young snakes.1
- Typical adults are 1.2 to 1.5 metres long.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is sometimes confused with the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia). The Chinese cobra has lower counts of ventral and subcaudal scales, which are the belly and tail scales. Sex should be taken into account when comparing these counts.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
The Chinese cobra is a highly venomous member of the true cobras. Local symptoms at the bite include darkening of the wound, redness, swelling, pain and numbness, and blisters and necrosis (death of tissue) almost always follow. Necrosis can last for years after the person has otherwise recovered. Whole-body symptoms can include chest discomfort, fever, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, loss of voice, weak limbs, unsteady walking, lockjaw and difficulty breathing.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.It is one of the most common venomous snakes in China and has caused many snakebite incidents there. Deaths occasionally occur, but they are much rarer than they used to be.1
Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
Adults can be aggressive, and young snakes are more nervous and more likely to be aggressive, but it usually escapes to avoid a confrontation.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza: i-antivenom lunyango.
- Ukuba ityhefu itshicelwe emehlweni, wahlambulule ngamanzi amaninzi acocekileyo ngoko nangoko.
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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.
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Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
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Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Necrosis from a bite can continue for many years after the victim has recovered in general.1
A snake kept at a snake farm gave an average venom yield of about 250.8 mg, of which about 80 mg was dry weight.1
Its fangs are always erect and sit at the front of the upper jaw, as in other elapid snakes.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Chinese cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja atra (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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