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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi
Ko fii innde ndee: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1
No sokli doktoroSeeɗa tun no wara, kono ŋatgol no haani doktoro.
Ɓoɗɗi koraay ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

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

No hoɗi nder
Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1
Amerik Sud
Hello arano
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
Juutugol
50 cm haa 1,1 m (1,6 ft haa 3,7 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
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
Goonga!Natal Mertens' coral snake
Mertens' coral snake. Natal: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • 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

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

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

Si no ŋata

  • Haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol, deeƴnu mo, yahra mo lopitaan law, hay si ŋatgol ngol no yi'ee tokoosi: maandeeji no waawi fuɗɗaagol caggal saahaaji.

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?

Mertens' coral snake juuti wona 1,1 m (3,7 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo wona 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 2, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 6 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 73 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Mertens' coral snake 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

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

2

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Micrurus mertensi
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi koraay
Ɓesngu
Elapidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Sud
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
3 / 5: Musiiba mawɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus mertensi (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.

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