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SpeciesElapidae
Reptiles

🐍Black mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis Günther, 1864

الممبة السوداء أو المامبا السوداء هي أطول ثعبان سام في إفريقيا بطول في المتوسط يبلغ 2.5 مترًا، وتتزايد في بعض الأحيان لتصل إلى 4.3 مترًا. وينظر إليها على أنها أحد الحيوانات الأكثر فتكًا في إفريقيا والعالم، والممبة السوداء هي واحدة من الثعابين الأكثر إثارة للخوف في إفريقيا بسبب سمّها القوي وحجمها، وضراوة هجماتها. وهي مشهورة بأنها من أسرع الثعابين في العالم وقادرة على التحرك في أقل من 5.4 متر من الثانية (16-20 كم في الساعة).

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Measurements
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≈ half your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
31 kg
Body length
4.25 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Black mamba

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Body mass
31 kgrecord 8.21 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
4.25 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
26 yearsrecord 26 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
85 days
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
Carnivorous
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
Yes
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
1.41 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
31 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Black mamba yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyElapidae
  5. ›genusDendroaspis
  6. ›speciesDendroaspis polylepis
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusDendroaspis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusDendroaspis
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Mamba negra (es), Mamba czarna (pl), 블랙맘바 (ko), ממבה שחורה (he), Mamba noir (fr), fekete mamba (hu) … and 27 more languages

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