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Bibron's stiletto snake

Atractaspis bibronii
Mayelana negama: The species name bibronii honours French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Bibron's stiletto snake is a venomous snake found across southern and eastern Africa. It burrows and hunts other reptiles, often in old termite mounds. Its bite is serious and needs medical treatment, although no deaths have been recorded.1

Ihlala
Southern Africa, from central Namibia east to northern South Africa, north to Uganda, eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya and southern coastal Somalia1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives in fynbos, the Namib Desert, karoo scrub, semi-desert, savannah, grassland, lowland forest and woodland. It is found in old termite mounds, where it hunts burrowing reptiles.1
Ubude
55 cm (1.8 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 4.7 km/h (2.9 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Its main diet is burrowing reptiles found in old termite mounds. It also eats frogs and small mammals.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Bibron's stiletto snake
Bibron's stiletto snake. Isithombe: Matt Muir. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • The upper body is a uniform grey, dark brown or black.1
  • The belly is uniform white or pale yellow, with a series of dark blotches.1
  • Some specimens with a lighter belly have two or three scale rows on the flanks that are also coloured.1
  • Adults average 30 to 40 cm in total length, including the tail.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is highly cytotoxic, which means it damages cells. The venom is produced in very small amounts. Bite symptoms usually include mild to intense pain, local swelling with occasional blistering, and necrosis (death of tissue) and swollen lymph nodes near the bite. Dry throat and nausea may appear in the early stages.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Bites are common in some parts of Africa. It is the third most common cause of serious snakebites in South Africa, after the Mozambique spitting cobra and the puff adder. Snake handlers are often bitten, because the snake can bite while being held by its neck. No deaths have been recorded, but the bite is serious.1

Uma siluma

  • Any bite from this snake needs medical treatment as soon as possible. The bite is serious and treatment will need to be provided by medical staff.1
  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa, gcina umuntu ezolile bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha. Ezinye izinhlobo (njenge-boomslang) zingabulala emahoreni amaningi kamuva.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Bibron's stiletto snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-55 cm (1.8 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-3 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-17 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-77 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Bibron's stiletto snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It has a prominent, wedge-shaped (subcuneiform) snout.1

2

It was once known as the mole adder.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Atractaspis bibronii
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Atractaspididae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Ingozi ebantwini
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Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Atractaspis bibronii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atractaspis bibronii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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