The black mamba is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Despite its reputation as a formidable and highly aggressive species, the black mambas attacks humans only if it is threatened or cornered.
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The black mamba is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The adult snake’s length typically ranges from 2 to 3 m but specimens have grown to lengths of 4. 3 to 4. 5 m. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Despite its reputation as a formidable and highly aggressive species, the black mambas attacks humans only if it is threatened or cornered. The common name is derived from the appearance of the dark-bellies inside the mouth, which may appear in the form of diagonal crossbands on the posterior of the snake. The species is a proteroglyphous snake, with fangs up to 6.5 mm in length, located at the front of the maxilla. In Tanzania, a local Ngindo name is ndemalunyayo because it supposedly clips grass. The body mass has been reported to be about 1. 6kg, although a study of black mambo specimens found an average weight of 1. 520 kg for a 4 kg specimen of 1, 011 m for a total length of 2. 01 m for a total of 57 m in length. Specimens vary considerably in colour, including olive, yellowish-brown, khaki and gunmetal but rarely black. Individuals may have a purplish sheen towards the mottling towards the posterior, which occasionally appears in the posterior.
The tail of the species is long and thin, the caudal vertebrae making up 17–25% of its body length. It has a coffin-shaped head with a somewhat pronounced brow ridge and a medium-sized eye. The generic name of the. species isderived from the Ancient Greek words dendron, \”tree\”, and aspis \”asp\”, and the specific epithet polylepis is. meaning ‘many’ or ‘scale’ The species has been classified as a subspecies since 1896, but is no longer held to be distinct. It inhabits savannah, woodland, rocky slopes and in some regions, dense forest and is known to prey on birds and small mammals. Its venom is primarily composed of neurotoxins that often induce symptoms within ten minutes, and is frequently fatal unless antivenom is administered. It can move at speeds up to 16 kmh for short distances, and has few natural predators. The most common colour is grey-white under-white, but some individuals may display a dark-white bluish-brown appearance inside the bluish bluish mouth, including the dark mottle on the inside of the mouth. In a threat display, it usually opens its inky-black mouth, spreads its narrow neck-flap and sometimes hisses.
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