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Red spitting cobra

Naja pallida

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Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

Siyafafaza okanye sitshicaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The red spitting cobra is a medium-sized cobra found in East Africa. When threatened, it can spray venom into an attacker's face, which can cause burning pain and blindness. It is often considered an attractive snake, usually bright salmon-red with a black throat band.1

Sihlala

East Africa, including Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, southern Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It mainly lives in dry savanna and semidesert up to about 1,200 metres above sea level, and can usually be found near water holes. By day, adults hide in termite mounds, old logs, holes and brush piles. It is known to raid chickens in the region.1

Ubude

70 cm ukuya ku-1,2 m (2,3 ft ukuya ku-3,9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,8 km/h (4,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It has a wide range of prey but prefers amphibians such as toads and frogs when they are available. It also eats rodents, birds and probably other snakes.1

Ifoto ka-Red spitting cobra — Red spitting cobra. Ifoto: Steven G. Johnson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Usually bright salmon-red, with a broad black throat band and teardrop markings below the eyes1
Colour varies by region: specimens from southern Kenya and northern Tanzania are orange-red with a dark blue or black throat band1
The throat band often fades or disappears in larger adults, and true red specimens turn reddish-brown with age1
Adults typically measure 0.7 to 1.2 metres1
When threatened, it rears up, shows a cobra hood and hisses loudly1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Siyafafaza okanye sitshica

Sifafaza okanye sitshica ulwelo oluhlabayo kwabo basihlaselayo.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains a mixture of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cytotoxins, which damage cells. A bite causes slight pain around the wound and numbness of the lips, fingers and tongue. Venom sprayed into the eyes causes burning pain and can cause blindness.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It seldom causes human deaths, but survivors of its bites are usually left disfigured. In September 2011, a snake keeper from South Africa died shortly after venom was sprayed into his face while he was photographing the snake. The venom is thought to have entered his nasal passages and caused anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and his asthma may have contributed.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it rears up, displays its hood and hisses loudly, and if the intruder does not retreat, it may spray venom at the face. In very rare cases it sprays without first rearing up.1

Ukuba siyaluma okanye sitshica

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza: i-antivenom lunyango.
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Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
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Phi emhlabeni?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

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U-Red spitting 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)

Red spitting cobra malunga ne-6,8 km/h (4,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Young red spitting cobras spit more venom, relative to their body size, than adults do.1

It is thought to be cannibalistic, which may explain why adults are night-active and smaller snakes are day-active.1

Adults are mainly active at night, while juveniles are more active during the day.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Naja pallida
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with a clutch of 6 to 21 eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Red spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja pallida (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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