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Montpellier snake

Malpolon monspessulanus
Malunga negama: Its scientific name, monspessulanus, is a Latinised form of Montpellier, a city in southern France.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Montpellier snake is a rear-fanged snake found in southern Europe and North Africa. It is mildly venomous, and it is active during the day, mainly hunting lizards. It is one of the most common snakes across its range, even in areas where people live.1

Sihlala
Spain, Portugal, Northwest Africa, the southern Mediterranean coast of France and the western Middle East1
IYurophu, IAfrika
Ekhaya
It is very common, including in areas occupied by humans. It is found in a number of protected areas.1
Ubude
2,5 m (8,4 ft)1
Ubunzima
2 kg (4,4 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It mainly feeds on lizards.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Montpellier snake
Montpellier snake. Ifoto: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Usually has 19 scale rows along the middle of the body (the western subspecies).1
  • Males of the western subspecies have a dark 'saddle' on the front part of the body.1
  • Can grow up to 2.55 metres (8 ft) long.1
  • Active during the day.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It is mildly venomous. Its rear fangs, which sit towards the back of the mouth, make it less likely to inject venom, and the venom is of low toxicity. Venom can still be injected by bites from large individuals.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The Montpellier snake is not dangerous to humans. Only a few cases of envenomation of people are known, and one of these happened when a finger was put into the snake's mouth. The venom is not very dangerous.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Symptomatic treatment, which means treating the symptoms as they appear, is enough to deal with an envenomation.1
  • Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Montpellier snake malunga ne-2,5 m ubude (8,4 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neebhanana eziyi-17
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-14 zilandelelanamalunga nobunzima bekati yasekhayasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-59 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Montpellier snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Genetic evidence suggests it originated in the Maghreb and migrated into southwestern Europe between 83,000 and 168,000 years ago.1

2

It is often killed by cars and farmers, and it is sometimes used by snake charmers and sold as a curio.1

3

Its common, relatively mild persecution by people has helped it become one of the most common snakes across its range.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: That the Montpellier snake is a dangerous snake for humans.

Inyaniso: It is not dangerous to humans. Its rear fangs and low-toxicity venom mean serious harm is very unlikely.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Malpolon monspessulanus
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Psammophiidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IYurophu, IAfrika
Imeko yaso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Malpolon monspessulanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Malpolon monspessulanus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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