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Western green mamba

Dendroaspis viridis

Mayelana negama: Its scientific name uses the Latin word 'viridis', meaning green.1

KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane ezibulala kakhulu eMhlabeni. Uma sikuluma, biza usizo khona manjalo.Usizo olusheshayo ne-antivenom kusindisa abantu abaningi. Shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo khona manjalo.

Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait

UkulumaSidla: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

The western green mamba is a long, thin and highly venomous snake. It lives in forests, thickets and woodland along the coast of West Africa, and it spends most of its time high in the trees. Its venom is fast-acting, so any bite needs urgent medical care.1

Ihlala

West Africa, from Gambia and southern Senegal east to Benin, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo1

I-Afrika

Ekhaya

It lives mainly in coastal tropical rainforest, thicket and woodland, and mostly in the forest canopy. It can survive where trees have been cleared if hedges and thicket remain, and it is found in some suburbs, towns and parklands with enough vegetation.1

Ubude

1.4 m kuya ku-2.1 m (4.6 ft kuya ku-6.9 ft)1

Ijubane eliphezulu

cishe 8.3 km/h (5.2 mph)

Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje

Sidlani?

It hunts mainly in trees, though it can also hunt on the ground. Its prey includes birds, rodents and squirrels.1

Isithombe sika-Western green mamba — Western green mamba. Isithombe: Patrick Coin no u(Patrick Coin). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

Bright green, fading to yellow or orange towards the tail.1
Scales have prominent black edges, which give a networked pattern.1
Long, slender body with a long tapering tail.1
Long, thin head with medium-sized eyes that have round pupils and yellowish brown irises.1
Typical adult length is 1.4 to 2.1 metres.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It can be mistaken for green bushsnakes of the genus Philothamnus, and for the boomslang. Counting scales is a key way to identify snakes to species level, and the western green mamba has 13 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, fewer than any similar species.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom contains neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and fasciculins. Symptoms usually start within about 15 minutes and can include pain and swelling, headache, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, vertigo, low blood pressure and paralysis. Without treatment, the victim can die when paralysis stops the breathing muscles, and a bite can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

Bites to people are uncommon because the snake is rarely encountered and conflict with humans is low compared with some other species in the region. However, many recorded bites have been fatal, and the World Health Organization lists it as a snake of medical importance in western sub-Saharan Africa.1

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

Senzani uma sesabile?

When threatened, it can flatten its neck into a slight hood, and it usually retreats if it is encountered.1

Uma siluma

Apply a pressure bandage, keep the victim as still as possible and take them quickly to a hospital or clinic. An arterial tourniquet may help because of the venom's neurotoxic effects. Antivenom is the main treatment, and tetanus toxoid is sometimes given.1
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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-Afrika I-Asia I-Yurophu INyakatho Melika INingizimu Melika I-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

side njengamakati asekhaya angu-4 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-12 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-43 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Western green mamba mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

Umuntu ohambayo cishe 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

Western green mamba cishe 8.3 km/h (5.2 mph)

Ingane egibele ibhayisikili cishe 12 km/h (7.5 mph)

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

Its venom is among the fastest-acting of any snake, and symptoms can appear within about 15 minutes of a bite.1

Its venom is more potent than that of the eastern green mamba, and much less potent than that of the black mamba.1

It is mostly active during the day and spends most of its time in the forest canopy, sometimes at considerable height.1

The oldest recorded specimen was a captive snake that lived 18.7 years.1

It is one of the more expensive African snake species, and it is collected and sold internationally.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Western green mambas are aggressive snakes that attack people.

Iqiniso: Opinions differ on how aggressive it is, and it usually retreats when encountered. Bites are uncommon, but when cornered it can attack, and its bites have a high fatality rate.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi: Dendroaspis viridis
Iqembu: Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait
Umndeni: Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka: Squamata
Amazwekazi: I-Afrika
Izinsana: It lays a clutch of 6 to 14 eggs.1
Isikhathi sokuphila: cishe iminyaka engu-18.71
Simo saso endle: Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Ingozi ebantwini: 5 / 5: Kuyabulala3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

Western green mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Dendroaspis viridis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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