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Anchieta's cobra

Naja anchietae

名字的由來： The name anchietae honours José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta, a Portuguese explorer of Africa.1

可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠咬了你，要趕快求救。

眼鏡蛇、曼巴蛇和環蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

Anchieta's cobra is a venomous snake that lives in parts of southwestern Africa. It is a ground-dwelling cobra that spreads a broad hood when threatened. It is active at night and often comes close to human homes and farmyards.1

分布在

Southwestern Africa: southern Angola, Namibia, northern Botswana, western Zambia and northwestern Zimbabwe1

非洲

首頁

It prefers savanna grassland, bushveld and lowveld, and also lives in semi-deserts and rocky areas. It is common along rivers and wetlands, and often lives in or near human settlements, where it may shelter under houses. It is never found in forest or desert, and is usually found at low altitudes.1

長度

1,2 m 到 2,3 m (3,9 ft 到 7,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 7,8 km/h（4,8 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It is a generalist feeder that eats frogs and toads, lizards and other snakes, birds (including poultry), bird eggs, rats and mice. It forages at dusk and can swallow eggs whole.1

Anchieta's cobra 的照片 — Anchieta's cobra。照片：Dr. Thomas Dörner。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Young snakes are yellowish to light brown, with a black band circling the neck.1
As it grows, it becomes a darker brown and the neck band fades away.1
The throat band, which covers the front belly scales, is blue-black.1
When threatened, it spreads a large, impressive hood about 10 to 12 cm wide.1
In the southernmost parts of its range, some snakes are black with yellow bands across the body and tail.1

常被誤認為： The snouted cobra is very similar in shape, size and habits. The Anchieta's cobra is more inclined to stand its ground when confronted by a threat.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its venom is mainly a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It may also contain cardiotoxic components, which harm the heart. Because it has moderately large size and relatively large fangs, it can inject a large volume of venom in a single bite.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

Bites are rare, but they have been known to cause human deaths.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When provoked it lifts its front body off the ground, spreads its hood and takes a defensive posture, but it will flee if it gets the chance, and it sometimes feigns death.1

如果牠咬人

讓傷者保持不動和冷靜，取下戒指和緊身的東西，並趕快送醫院：抗毒血清就是治療方法。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 13 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 46 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Anchieta's cobra 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Anchieta's cobra 大約 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

The longest recorded male was 2.31 metres long and was caught in Windhoek, Namibia.1

It is hunted by birds of prey such as secretary birds and snake eagles, and by honey badgers and white-throated monitors.1

Males and females grow to similar sizes, although males usually have larger heads and longer tails.1

A banded form has been noted in roughly 13% of males and up to 22% of females.1

給毒液專家

學名: Naja anchietae
類群: 眼鏡蛇、曼巴蛇和環蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: It lays eggs, between 47 and 60 at a time, in early summer. The hatchlings are 22 to 34 cm long and are fully independent from birth.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3