Equatorial spitting cobra
The equatorial spitting cobra is a medium-sized cobra found in Southeast Asia. It can spray venom from a distance, which is what makes it special. It lives mainly in forests and sometimes in gardens and towns.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Medium-sized, usually 0.9 to 1.2 metres long, and can grow up to 1.5 metres1
- Has no hood marks1
- Comes in two colour forms: yellow (common in Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia) and black (found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines)1
- Juveniles and adults often have different colours1
- Has smooth scales and a short, rounded snout1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Sifafaza okanye sitshica ulwelo oluhlabayo kwabo basihlaselayo.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its venom is postsynaptic neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. It also contains cardiotoxins, which damage the heart, and cytotoxins, which damage cells. The venom is strong enough that a bite can be serious.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.It will spit venom readily when cornered or threatened, and it can spit from up in trees. It will also strike and bite. The yellow form from Thailand is described as highly aggressive and more prone to spitting large amounts.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
When cornered or threatened, it spits venom and will also strike and bite.1
Ukuba siyaluma okanye sitshica
- 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.
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 okanye sitshica ityhefu emehlweni akho: 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?
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileni
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-8 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-51 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Equatorial spitting cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
It can spit venom even when it is up in the trees.1
Cardiotoxins make up about 40% of its venom protein, a higher share than in some related spitting cobras.1
The yellow colour form from Thailand is described as more aggressive than the black form.1
It is mainly active during the day and lives on the ground.1
Umqhekezi weentsomi
Intsomi: It is just a subspecies of the Indian cobra.
Inyaniso: It was first defined as its own species in 1989. Earlier, its populations had been grouped under several subspecies of the Indian cobra.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Equatorial spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja sumatrana (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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