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Boomslang

Dispholidus typus
Mayelana negama: The name comes from Dutch and Afrikaans, meaning "tree snake": boom is "tree" and slang is "snake".1
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The boomslang is a highly venomous tree snake from Sub-Saharan Africa. It spends most of its time in trees and bushes, though it also hunts and shelters on the ground. Its venom works slowly, so a bite can look harmless at first and still be life-threatening.1

Ihlala
Sub-Saharan Africa, from West Africa through Central and East Africa to much of Southern Africa1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives mainly in forests but also in karoo shrubs, savannahs, lowland forests and grasslands. It is an excellent climber and is mostly found in trees, but it often hunts or shelters on the ground and sometimes hides underground in harsh weather.1
Ubude
1 m kuya ku-1.8 m (3.3 ft kuya ku-6 ft)1
Isisindo
175 g kuya ku-510 g (6 oz kuya ku-1.1 lb)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 6 km/h (3.7 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats chameleons, other arboreal lizards, frogs, and occasionally small mammals, birds, and eggs from nests. It swallows its prey whole and will also eat other snakes, including members of its own species.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Boomslang
Boomslang. Isithombe: Miguel da Fonseca. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Adult males are light green with black or blue scale edges.1
  • Adult females are often brown.1
  • Very large eyes and a distinctive egg-shaped head.1
  • Average adults are 100 to 160 cm long, including the tail.1
  • Hatchlings: males are grey with blue speckles, females are pale brown.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is mainly a haemotoxin, a type of venom that disrupts blood clotting. Many tiny clots form in the blood, causing bleeding in tissues such as muscle and the brain, while the small blood vessels become clogged. Symptoms include headache, nausea, sleepiness and confusion, and can lead to cardiac arrest and unconsciousness. Because the venom is slow-acting, symptoms may not appear until many hours after a bite.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

Bites can be fatal. Of eight serious envenomations reported between 1919 and 1962, two were lethal. In 1957, a herpetologist died after being bitten by a juvenile. Hatchlings about 45 cm long are already dangerously venomous. Delayed symptoms can lead victims to wrongly believe a bite was a harmless dry bite.1

Izindaba ezinhle: odokotela banomuthi (i-antivenom) noma indlela yokwelapha lokhu.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It is timid and usually bites only when people try to handle, catch, chase or kill it. When cornered, it inflates its neck and takes an S-shaped striking pose.1

Uma siluma

  • Antivenom is available and treatment is needed after a bite. Complete blood transfusions may also be required, especially if more than 24 to 48 hours pass without antivenom. Do not assume a bite is harmless just because no symptoms have appeared.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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Boomslang ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.8 m (6 ft)Ibhayisikili lomuntu omdala cishe 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto cishe 4.5 m (15 ft)

Sisinda kangakanani?

sisinda njengobhanana abangu-4
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-4 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-10 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-60 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Boomslang mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

An adult has only 1.6 to 8 mg of venom, but it is thought that 2 to 3 mg could be enough to kill a healthy adult human.1

2

It can open its jaws up to 170 degrees when biting.1

3

Its head is distinctly egg-shaped, and its eyes are exceptionally large.1

4

It often moves its head from side to side to get a better view of objects directly in front of it.1

5

When it is pursued by something too large to eat, it escapes by moving from branch to branch.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Rear-fanged snakes cannot produce a lethal bite.

Iqiniso: For a long time many herpetologists believed this, but boomslang bites have caused deaths.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Dispholidus typus
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
It lays eggs, on average 8 to 14 (up to 27 have been observed), in a hollow tree trunk or rotting log. The eggs take about 3 months to hatch.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Boomslang (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dispholidus typus (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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