Nyoka-mbio

Nyoka-mbio
Nyoka-mbio majabali (Platyceps rhodorachis)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Reptilia (Wanyama wenye damu baridi na magamba ngozini) Oda: Squamata (Mijusi, mijusi-nyungunyungu na nyoka) Nusuoda: Serpentes (Nyoka) Familia: Colubridae (Nyoka walio na mnasaba na kipiri) Oppel, 1811 Nusufamilia: Colubrinae (Nyoka wanaofanana na kipiri) Oppel, 1811 Jenasi: Platyceps Blyth, 1860
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 25: P. afarensis Schätti & Ineich, 2004 P. bholanathi (Sharma, 1976) P. brevis (Boulenger, 1895) P. collaris (F. Müller, 1878) P. elegantissimus (Günther, 1878) P. florulentus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) P. gracilis (Günther, 1862) P. insulanus (Mertens, 1965) P. karelini (Brandt, 1838) P. ladacensis (Anderson, 1871) P. largeni (Schätti, 2001) P. messanai (Schätti & Lanza, 1989) P. najadum (Eichwald, 1831) P. noeli (Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014) P. rhodorachis (Jan, 1865) P. rogersi (Anderson, 1893) P. scortecci (Lanza, 1963) P. sinai (Schmidt & Marx, 1956) P. sindhensis Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014 P. somalicus (Boulenger, 1896) P. taylori (Parker, 1949) P. tessellata (F. Werner, 1910) P. thomasi (Parker, 1931) P. variabilis (Boulenger, 1905) P. ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834)

Nyoka-mbio ni nyoka wa jenasi Platyceps katika familia Colubridae. Wamepewa jina hili kwa sababu wanaweza kupiga mbio sana.

Nyoka hawa ni wafupi kiasi, m 1.5 kwa kipeo lakini sm 40-90 kwa kawaida. Rangi yao ni kijivu au kahawia mara nyingi pamoja na vidoa au mabaka meusi.

Nyoka-mbio hukiakia mchana na hula mijusi hasa lakini vyura na ndege na wagugunaji wadogo pia.

Nyoka hawa hawana sumu lakini wakikamatwa wanang'ata vikali. Kwa hivyo jihadhari.

Spishi za Afrika

• Platyceps afarensis, Nyoka-mbio wa Jibuti (Djibouti racer)
• Platyceps brevis, Nyoka-mbio wa Smith (Smith's racer)
• Platyceps florulentus, Nyoka-mbio Madoadoa (Flowered racer)
• Platyceps karelini, Nyoka-mbio Jangwa (Spotted desert racer)
• Platyceps largeni, Nyoka-mbio wa Dahlak (Dahlak racer)
• Platyceps messanai, Nyoka-mbio wa Schätti (Schätti's racer)
• Platyceps rhodorachis, Nyoka-mbio Majabali (Common cliff racer)
• Platyceps rogersi, Nyoka-mbio wa Rogers (Rogerss racer)
• Platyceps saharicus, Nyoka-mbio wa Sahara (Sahara racer)
• Platyceps scortecci, Nyoka-mbio wa Scortecci (Somali racer)
• Platyceps somalicus, Nyoka-mbio wa Ogadeni (Ogaden racer)
• Platyceps taylori, Nyoka-mbio wa Taylor (Taylor's racer)

Spishi za Asia

• Platyceps bholanathi (Sharma's racer)
• Platyceps collaris (Collared dwarf racer)
• Platyceps elegantissimus (Elegant racer)
• Platyceps gracilis (Slender racer)
• Platyceps insulanus (Sarso Island racer)
• Platyceps ladacensis (Jan's cliff racer)
• Platyceps najadum (Slender whip racer)
• Platyceps noeli (Quetta racer)
• Platyceps sinai (Sinai racer)
• Platyceps sindhensis (Sindh racer)
• Platyceps tessellata (Tessellated racer)
• Platyceps thomasi (Thomas's semi-banded racer)
• Platyceps variabilis (Variable snake)
• Platyceps ventromaculatus (Glossy-bellied racer)

Picha

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  Collared dwarf racer
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  Slender whip racer
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  Glossy-bellied racer

Marejeo

• Spawls, S., Howell, K., Drewes, R. & Ashe, J. (2002) A field guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA.

Viungo vya nje

• Hazinadata ya watambaachi

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