Imamba emnyama
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Imamba emnyama (Dendroaspis polylepis) iwuhlobo lwenyoka enesihlungu esikhulu esomndeni wakwa-Elapidae. Itholakala ezingxenyeni ze-sub-Saharan Africa. Eyokuqala eyachazwa ngokusemthethweni u-Albert Günther ngo-1864, iyinyoka enesihlungu yesibili ende ngemva kwenkosi imfezi; ama-specimens avuthiwe ngokuvamile adlula ama-2 m (6 ft 7 in) futhi avame ukukhula abe ngu-3 m (9.8 ft). Izibonelo ze-4.3 kuya ku-4.5 m (14 kuya ku-15 ft) zibikiwe. Umbala wesikhumba sayo uyahluka ukusuka kompunga ukuya komnyama. Izimamba ezimnyama ezisencane zivame ukuphaphatheka kunabantu abadala futhi ziba mnyama ngokukhula. Naphezu kwegama elivamile, isikhumba semamba emnyama asimnyama; igama lombala lichaza ingaphakathi lomlomo walo, elibonisa lapho lizizwa lisongelwa.