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East African garter snake

Elapsoidea loveridgei

Malunga negama: The species name loveridgei honours the herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Arthur Loveridge.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The East African garter snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of East Africa. It has a black body with light crossbands, and it is active at night. Its bite can cause pain and swelling, and there is no antivenom for snakes in its genus.1

Sihlala

Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, in East Africa1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in woodland, savanna and grassland, at altitudes of 600 to 2,200 metres. It is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground, and it is nocturnal, so it is active at night.1

Ubude

30 cm ukuya ku-65 cm (1 ft ukuya ku-2,1 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It preys on small frogs, lizards, snakes and mammals, and it also eats reptile eggs.1

Ifoto ka-East African garter snake — East African garter snake. Ifoto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

The body is black with light crossbands, which may be white, yellow, pink or red.1
The smooth, glossy scales are arranged in 13 rows at midbody.1
Adults usually measure 30 to 55 cm in total length, including the tail, and can reach about 65 cm.1
The tail is short, about 7.5% of the total length.1
It is active at night and moves on the ground.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

This snake is venomous, meaning it injects venom with a bite. In humans, its bite causes local pain and swelling at the bite site. It also causes pain and swelling in the lymph nodes, the small glands that help fight infection.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it inflates and flattens its body to make the bright crossbands more visible. It may also raise the front half of its body and move it sharply from side to side.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 neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-59 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-East African garter snake 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)

East African garter snake malunga ne-6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

There is no antivenom for snakes in the genus Elapsoidea, the group this snake belongs to.1

No human deaths from this snake have been recorded.1

It eats reptile eggs as well as frogs, lizards, snakes and small mammals.1

Its tail is short, making up about 7.5% of its total length.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Elapsoidea loveridgei
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Elapsoidea loveridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Elapsoidea loveridgei (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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