Dendroaspis Jamesoni Venom (Jameson’s Mamba Venom)

Description

Dendroaspis Jamesoni Venom | Jameson’s Mamba Venom:

Dendroaspis Jamesoni Venom | Jameson’s Mamba Venom is extracted from a snake called Dendroaspis Jamesoni.

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Taxonomic Classification:

About Dendroaspis Jamesoni Snake:

Jameson’s mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) is a species of highly venomous snake native to equatorial Africa.

A member of the mamba genus, Dendroaspis, it is slender with dull green upper parts and cream underparts and generally ranges from 1.5 to 2.2 m (4 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in) in length.

Described by Scottish naturalist Thomas Traill in 1843, it has two recognised subspecies: the nominate subspecies from central and west sub-Saharan Africa and the eastern black-tailed subspecies from eastern sub-Saharan Africa, mainly western Kenya.

Taxonomy and etymology:

Jameson’s mamba was first described as Elaps jamesoni in 1843 by Thomas Traill, a Scottish doctor, zoologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence.

The specific epithet is in honour of Robert Jameson, Traill’s contemporary and the Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh where Traill studied.

In 1848, German naturalist Hermann Schlegel created the genus Dendroaspis, designating Jameson’s mamba as the type species.

Description:

Jameson’s mamba is a long and slender snake with smooth scales and a tail which typically accounts for 20 to 25% of its total length.

The total length (including tail) of an adult snake is approximately 1.5–2.2 m (4 ft 11 in – 7 ft 3 in). It may grow as large as 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in).

The general consensus is that the sexes are of similar sizes, although fieldwork in southeastern Nigeria found that males were significantly larger than females.

Scalation:

The number and pattern of scales on a snake’s body play a key role in the identification and differentiation at the species level.

Jameson’s mamba has between 15 and 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 210 to 236 (Subsp.) jamesoni) or 202 to 227 ventral scales (Subsp. kaimosae), 94 to 122 (Subsp. jamesoni) or 94 to 113 (Subsp. kaimosae) divided subcaudal scales, and a divided anal scale.

Distribution and habitat:

Jameson’s mamba occurs mostly in Central Africa and West Africa, and in some parts of East Africa.

In Central Africa it can be found from Angola northwards to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and as far north as the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan.

In West Africa it ranges from Ghana eastwards to Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Behaviour and ecology:

Jameson’s mamba is a highly agile snake. Like other mambas it is capable of flattening its neck in mimicry of a cobra when it feels threatened, and its body shape and length give an ability to strike at significant range.

Generally not aggressive, it will typically attempt to escape if confronted.