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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi
Ne din ho asɛm: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1
Ɛhia dɔkotaƐntaa nkum, nanso sɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn.
Coral awɔ KaƆdi: Nam
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

Mertens' coral snake is a venomous snake with bold red, black and white or yellow rings. It lives in northwestern South America, in Ecuador and Peru. It is one of the larger coral snakes of its group.1

Ɔte
Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1
Amerika Anaafoɔ
Fie
It lives in forest, shrubland and desert, from near sea level up to 2,400 m. It is usually found near a river or stream.1
Tenten
50 cm kɔsi 1,1 m (1,6 ft kɔsi 3,7 ft)1
Ntɛm a ɛsen biara
bɛyɛ 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ
Ɛdi deɛn?
It hunts other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy. Its prey includes blind snakes such as Epictia subcrotilla and the venomous pit viper Bothrops pictus.1
Ampa!Mertens' coral snake mfonini
Mertens' coral snake. Mfonini: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

  • Banded with red, black and white (or yellow) rings1
  • The red rings are the widest bands1
  • The black rings are slightly narrower and are not arranged in triads (groups of three)1
  • The white or yellow rings are the narrowest and separate the red from the black1
  • Adults are usually 50 to 80 cm long, with the tail included1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Ka

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The lethal dose for an adult human is unknown. Scientists obtaining venom from this snake (called milking) got an average of 2 mg of dry venom.1

Sɛ ɛka a

  • Ma onipa no ntena dinn na ne bo nnwo, na kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm, sɛ ɛka no te sɛ ketewa mpo a: nsɛnkyerɛnne betumi afi aseɛ nnɔnhwerew pii akyi.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

  • Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
  • Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
  • Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

Mertens' coral snake ne tenten bɛyɛ 1,1 m (3,7 ft)Ɔkraman bɛyɛ 1 m (3,3 ft)Ɔpanin bɛyɛ 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ne tenten te sɛ fie agyinamoa 2 a wɔde hwene ne dua to ntoatoasoɔ mune tenten te sɛ kwadu 6 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 73 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

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Nsɛm

1

It eats other snakes, including a venomous pit viper.1

2

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din
Micrurus mertensi
Kuo
Coral awɔ
Abusua
Elapidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ
Amerika Anaafoɔ
Mmofra nketewa
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Asiane ma nnipa
3 / 5: Ɛyɛ den3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

  1. Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus mertensi (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
  3. Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.

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