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Günther's garter snake

Elapsoidea guentherii
Mayelana negama: The specific name guentherii honours German-British herpetologist Albert Günther, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

Günther's garter snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of Central Africa. It belongs to the same large family as cobras and their relatives. It is known for its striking black and white banded young and for its strong size difference between males and females.1

Ihlala
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in Central Africa1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
Its preferred natural habitat is savanna, a grassland with scattered trees. It is found from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level.1
Ubude
56 cm (1.8 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 6.1 km/h (3.8 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It mainly eats reptiles, such as lizards and other snakes. It also eats amphibians and termites.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Günther's garter snake
Günther's garter snake. Isithombe: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Juveniles have a pattern of alternating black and white crossbands of equal width across the back.1
  • The pattern fades as the snake matures.1
  • Adults are uniformly greyish black on the back and lighter grey on the underside.1
  • Males are significantly larger than females, reaching about 56 cm snout to vent, while females reach about 38.5 cm.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

It is venomous, but no human fatalities have been reported.1

Uma siluma

  • Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile, khipha izindandatho nezinto eziqinile, bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha: i-antivenom iyikhambi.

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?

Günther's garter snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-56 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-18 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-59 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Günther's garter snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Males grow much larger than females, reaching up to 56 cm compared with 38.5 cm for females.1

2

Its main prey is reptiles such as lizards and other snakes.1

3

Young snakes have bold black and white bands, which fade as they grow into adults.1

4

An adult female may lay up to ten eggs in late summer.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Elapsoidea guentherii
Iqembu
Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait
Umndeni
Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
It lays eggs (it is oviparous). In late summer an adult female may lay a clutch of as many as ten eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Elapsoidea guentherii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Elapsoidea guentherii (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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