Venom Wiki
Natal Dugite
No. 0158 e 1 402

Dugite

Pseudonaja affinis
Ko fii innde ndee: The word dugite comes from Nyungar names for the snake, such as toogitj, dukayj and dukitj.1
No waawi warugolNo waawi warugol ma si a safraaka. Si ŋatii ma, heɓu ballal law.
Ɓoɗɗi Ostarali ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The dugite is a highly venomous snake found in southern Western Australia and in remote coastal parts of western South Australia. Its venom is potentially one of the most lethal in the world, so it is a snake to treat with great respect. It is common in and around Perth, where it often shelters near buildings.1

No hoɗi nder
Southern Western Australia and remote coastal western South Australia1
Ostarali e Oseyani
Hello arano
Dugites live in coastal dunes, heathlands, shrublands and woodlands, and they also do well in degraded places such as golf courses, industrial areas and open farmland. In the Perth metropolitan area, they are one of the most common snakes found next to buildings, where they shelter under concrete slabs, fibro sheeting and roofing tin.1
Juutugol
2 m (6,6 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
Dugites eat lizards, other snakes, mice and rats. House mice are a main food source for them, which has helped their population grow.1
Goonga!Natal Dugite
Dugite. Natal: Bradford G. Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Coloured grey, green or brown, but the colours vary widely between individuals, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1
  • Black scales may be scattered over the body.1
  • Relatively large scales with a semi-glossy look.1
  • The head is rather small and not clearly separate from the neck.1
  • Long and slender body, typically about 1.5 metres in total length.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The venom has coagulopathic and procoagulant effects, meaning it disturbs the way blood clots. It is potentially one of the most lethal venoms in the world. In a 2011 case, a boy bitten by a dugite was temporarily paralysed, showing that the venom can affect the nerves and muscles as well as the blood.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

Dugites are potentially lethal. They generally avoid biting people, but the risk of encounters rises during the mating season in October and November. The last recorded human death attributed to a dugite was in August 2015 in South Fremantle. In 2011 a seven-year-old boy was bitten and temporarily paralysed, and he made a full recovery.1

Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktoroɓe no njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When disturbed they are very shy and often slither away, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

Si no ŋata

  • Prompt medical attention is essential after a bite. In a December 2020 case, a three-year-old girl bitten by a snake believed to be a dugite was quickly immobilised by her grandmother, who wrapped her legs in pressure bandages. She was treated with antivenom in hospital and made a full recovery.1
  • Haɓɓugol tiiɗngol e dartingol: taar bande elastik tiiɗnde e dow nokku ŋataaɗo on, refti e dow koyngal walla jungo on fow, haɓɓu attelle, haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol fey haa ballal hewta.
  • Wota a loot nokku ŋataaɗo on: lopitaan no waawi ƴeewugol tooke heddiiɗo e nguru ngam suɓagol sérum antivenimeux moƴƴo.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Dugite juuti wona 2 m (6,6 ft)Welo mawɗo wona 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto wona 4,5 m (15 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 4, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 11 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 46 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Dugite mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

Its venom is potentially one of the most lethal in the world.1

2

Dugites have become more common because of the house mouse, which is one of their main foods.1

3

Dugites can lay two clutches of eggs in the same season when conditions are good.1

4

The Irish activist John Boyle O'Reilly wrote a poem called The Dukite Snake, published in his 1878 collection Songs, Legends and Ballads, based on a bushman's myth.1

5

In winter, dugites burrow.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: Dugites are aggressive and will chase people.

Goonga: Dugites are very shy and usually slither away when disturbed. They generally avoid biting people, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Pseudonaja affinis
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi Ostarali
Ɓesngu
Elapidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Ostarali e Oseyani
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
Dugites lay eggs, typically around 30 at a time, and leave them to hatch on their own after about 65 days. Under good conditions, they can lay two clutches in one season.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Dugite (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudonaja affinis (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.

Yaare nden no weelaa! Venom Wiki ko golle neɗɗo gooto: ko yoɓetaake, alaa piiblisite, alaa reweteeɓe. Kopporde tokooso no walla heddingol ɗum e enternet.Ñaamnu yaare nden

Ko ɓeydi e fedde wootere: Ɓoɗɗi Ostarali

No hoɗi kadi nder: Ostarali e Oseyani

Ñaamnu yaare ndenkopporde, no heddina ɗum ko yoɓetaake