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Snouted cobra

Naja annulifera

Malunga negama: It is also called the banded Egyptian cobra, because it was once thought to be a close relative of the Egyptian cobra.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The snouted cobra is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern Africa. It is a night hunter that often makes its home in old termite mounds. Because it can deliver a dangerous bite, it is important to know what it looks like and where it lives.1

Sihlala

Northeast South Africa, southern Mozambique, eastern Botswana, Malawi, throughout Zimbabwe and parts of Eswatini1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in dry and moist savanna, especially bushveld and lowveld areas, but not in forests. It often uses an abandoned termite mound as a permanent lair, where it may stay for years if left undisturbed. It also raids poultry runs and can become a nuisance to farmers.1

Ubude

1,2 m ukuya ku-2,5 m (3,9 ft ukuya ku-8,2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It eats toads, rodents, birds and their eggs, lizards and other snakes, especially puff adders. It hunts mainly at night, from dusk onwards.1

Ifoto ka-Snouted cobra — Snouted cobra. Ifoto: sheilapic76. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults usually measure 1.2 to 1.8 metres, and can reach 2.5 metres1
Body colour ranges from yellowish to greyish-brown, dark brown or blue-black1
The banded form is blue-black with 7 to 11 yellow to yellow-brown cross bars1
The underside is yellow, mottled with black, with a darker throat band that is more obvious in juveniles1
When disturbed, it raises the front third of its body and spreads a hood while hissing1

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 neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. A bite can affect breathing, and if untreated it may cause respiratory failure and death. Early symptoms include pain and local swelling, which may lead to blistering.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is a highly venomous species. Victims are typically bitten on the lower leg, usually at night. Without treatment, a bite can be fatal.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is nervous and will strike to defend itself if threatened, but given the chance it will escape into a hole or crevice. Rarely, it may pretend to be dead.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?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-14 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-43 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Snouted 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)

Snouted cobra malunga ne-8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It hunts other snakes, especially puff adders.1

Very large adults can lift up to 0.5 metres of their body off the ground while spreading a wide hood.1

It often makes its home in an abandoned termite mound, where it may live for years.1

Its young are already 22 to 34 cm long when they hatch from eggs.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Naja annulifera
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays between 8 and 33 eggs in early summer. The young average 22 to 34 cm long.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Snouted cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja annulifera (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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