Rhombic Egg Eater

© Tyrone Ping

Dzina

Tshitemae / Ṋowa ine ya tshila nga uḽa makumba [Dasypeltis scabra]

Vital Statistics

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Vhulapfu tshisadzi: 964 mm
Vhulapfu tshinna: 595 mm

Ṱhaluso

Ndi ṋowa ine ya vha tsekene na ṱhoho ṱhukhu ya tshipulumbu na mutshila mupfufhi. Kha muṱana wayo ndi muvhala wa gireyi, gireyi ine ya vha uri i ya vhonala ya vha na manwe mavhala o dombilelaho o itaho mbalelo kha muvhili wayo wothe. Mulomo wo tingeledziwa nga muvhala mutsu.

U Phaḓaladziwa

Iya wanala kha mashango maṱuku, na hunwe vho kha vhubvaḓuvha ha ḽa Sudan na Gambia.

Kubebele

Iya kudzela makumba a 6-25 tshilimo a thothonyiwa nga murahu ha maḓuvha a 80-90.

Mawanwa

Tshitemae tshi tshila nga makumba fhedzi, tsha vha na zwithu kha mulomo zwine zwa tshi thusa kha u mila, hezwi yo no mila gwangwa ḽa kumba ḽi ya ḽuwa ḽo tou ralo ḽi tshi ya thumbuni.