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Goldie's tree cobra

Pseudohaje goldii

Malunga negama: The genus name Pseudohaje means "false cobra". The species name goldii honours George Taubman Goldie, a Manx administrator in Nigeria.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Goldie's tree cobra is a large, glossy black snake that lives in the trees, on the ground and in water across Central and Western Africa. It is one of the most venomous snakes in Africa, so it is important to know what it looks like and to keep well away from it.1

Sihlala

Central and Western Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon and Uganda1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in forests and woodlands along rivers and streams, from sea level up to 2,000 m. It has also been found in ornamental gardens and plantain plantations.1

Ubude

2,2 m ukuya ku-2,7 m (7,2 ft ukuya ku-8,9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-9 km/h (5,6 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It mainly hunts tree-dwelling frogs, birds and mammals such as squirrels. It also eats ground-dwelling frogs and even fish.1

Ifoto ka-Goldie's tree cobra — Goldie's tree cobra. Ifoto: --AxG (talk) 16:46, 21 March 2014 (UTC). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Its dorsal (upper) body colour is glossy black.1
It is a long, slim snake, measuring 2.2 to 2.7 m including the tail.1
It has a small head with exceptionally large eyes.1
It has a long, spiky tail, which helps it move through trees.1
When threatened, it rears up and spreads a cobra-like hood, which is much narrower than that of Naja naja.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 mainly a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, as in most cobras. It acts quickly and is extremely potent. Bite symptoms include swelling and stinging pain around the wound, numbness of the limbs and lips, severe difficulty breathing, heavy sweating and blurred vision. Victims may die of respiratory failure, which means the lungs stop working properly.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is one of the most toxic and deadly snakes in Africa. Its venom can easily kill a person, and a number of people are killed by this species each year.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened it rears up and spreads its narrow hood, and if provoked further it may bite; if restrained, it may also use its tail spike to defend itself.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 nezinja eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-15 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-40 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Goldie's tree 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)

Goldie's tree cobra malunga ne-9 km/h (5,6 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is one of the largest venomous snakes in Africa.1

Despite its size, it is very agile and moves as easily on the ground and in water as it does in trees.1

It cannot spit its venom, but its bite is very potent.1

It is one of the few snakes considered aggressive, and it is reputed to be ill-tempered.1

Its large eyes give it excellent eyesight.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is often called "Gold's tree cobra".

Inyaniso: That spelling is an error. The species is named after George Taubman Goldie, so the correct name is Goldie's tree cobra.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Pseudohaje goldii
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with a clutch of 10 to 20 eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Goldie's tree cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Pseudohaje goldii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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