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Ikhathuni ka-Olive grass snake
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Olive grass snake

Psammophis mossambicus
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The olive grass snake is a long, olive-brown snake that lives in southern and central Africa. It has small teeth at the back of its mouth, so it is mildly venomous to people. It is often mistaken for the much more dangerous black mamba.1

Ihlala
Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa, with records as far north as southern Chad1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives in somewhat moist places near a source of water.1
Ubude
1 m kuya ku-1.8 m (3.3 ft kuya ku-5.9 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.7 km/h (3.5 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats frogs, lizards and some rodents. Its small rear teeth are used to subdue small, slippery or squirmy prey.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Olive grass snake
Olive grass snake. Isithombe: Nigel Voaden. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Olive-brown colour1
  • Dark-edged scales1
  • Lighter-coloured underside1
  • Grows to 100 to 180 cm long1
  • Raises its head in a way similar to mambas and cobras when threatened1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It is often confused with the black mamba, because it raises its head in a similar way to mambas, cobras and other elapid snakes. Unlike those snakes, the olive grass snake is rear-fanged, with small teeth at the back of the mouth.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is mild, and it may also have toxic saliva. It is delivered by small teeth at the back of the mouth. Possible side effects include localised pain and swelling, nausea and fatigue.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It is considered mildly venomous to humans. No deaths have been recorded.1

Uma siluma

  • 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?

Olive grass snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.8 m (5.9 ft)Ibhayisikili lomuntu omdala cishe 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto cishe 4.5 m (15 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-4 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-10 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-63 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Olive grass snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It uses its mild venom mainly to subdue small, slippery prey such as frogs, lizards and some rodents.1

2

Its venom is delivered through small teeth at the back of the mouth, which is why it is called rear-fanged.1

3

It lives in somewhat moist places near water.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Because it raises its head like a black mamba, it is as dangerous as a mamba.

Iqiniso: It is mildly venomous to humans, and no deaths have been recorded from its bites.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Psammophis mossambicus
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Psammophiidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Ingozi ebantwini
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Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Psammophis mossambicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Psammophis mossambicus (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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