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Olive grass snake

Psammophis mossambicus
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The olive grass snake is a long, olive-brown snake that lives in southern and central Africa. It has small teeth at the back of its mouth, so it is mildly venomous to people. It is often mistaken for the much more dangerous black mamba.1

Sihlala
Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa, with records as far north as southern Chad1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in somewhat moist places near a source of water.1
Ubude
1 m ukuya ku-1,8 m (3,3 ft ukuya ku-5,9 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-5,7 km/h (3,5 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats frogs, lizards and some rodents. Its small rear teeth are used to subdue small, slippery or squirmy prey.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Olive grass snake
Olive grass snake. Ifoto: Nigel Voaden. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Olive-brown colour1
  • Dark-edged scales1
  • Lighter-coloured underside1
  • Grows to 100 to 180 cm long1
  • Raises its head in a way similar to mambas and cobras when threatened1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with the black mamba, because it raises its head in a similar way to mambas, cobras and other elapid snakes. Unlike those snakes, the olive grass snake is rear-fanged, with small teeth at the back of the mouth.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 mild, and it may also have toxic saliva. It is delivered by small teeth at the back of the mouth. Possible side effects include localised pain and swelling, nausea and fatigue.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It is considered mildly venomous to humans. No deaths have been recorded.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • 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?

Olive grass snake malunga ne-1,8 m ubude (5,9 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-4 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-10 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-63 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Olive grass snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

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Iinyaniso

1

It uses its mild venom mainly to subdue small, slippery prey such as frogs, lizards and some rodents.1

2

Its venom is delivered through small teeth at the back of the mouth, which is why it is called rear-fanged.1

3

It lives in somewhat moist places near water.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Because it raises its head like a black mamba, it is as dangerous as a mamba.

Inyaniso: It is mildly venomous to humans, and no deaths have been recorded from its bites.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Psammophis mossambicus
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Psammophiidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
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Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Psammophis mossambicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Psammophis mossambicus (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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