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Dwarf water cobra

Naja nana

Malunga negama: Its species name, nana, comes from the Latin word for dwarf, because of its small size.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

UkulumaSitya: Iintlanzi

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

The dwarf water cobra is a small, venomous snake found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is an aquatic cobra, so it spends time in and around water. It is special because it is much smaller than its close relatives in Africa.1

Sihlala

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It prefers land but can swim and climb. It will hunt and defecate in water when it can.1

Ubude

1 m (3,3 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

In the wild it eats only fish. In captivity it is often fed a diet of rodents.1

Ifoto ka-Dwarf water cobra — Dwarf water cobra. Ifoto: Anthony Laing. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Black with small white or yellowish spots1
Whitish belly1
Black underside of the tail1
Straight rows of scales along its back1
Usually no longer than 1 m1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Its close relatives Naja annulata and Naja christyi are semiaquatic African cobras that can reach about 2.5 m. The dwarf water cobra typically stays under 1 m, so its small size is a key difference.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it uses a characteristic defensive posture.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-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-6 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-55 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Dwarf 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)

Dwarf water cobra malunga ne-6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

One case of cannibalism, where it ate another snake of its own kind, is known.1

It can swim and climb, but it prefers living on land.1

It was first described in 2020 from two specimens collected at Lake Mai-Ndombe.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Naja nana
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays large, elongated eggs that take 70 days to hatch.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Dwarf water cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja nana (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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