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Papuan black snake

Pseudechis papuanus
No waawi warugolNo waawi warugol ma si a safraaka. Si ŋatii ma, heɓu ballal law.
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The Papuan black snake is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern New Guinea and nearby islands. It is mostly black with blue-grey underparts. Its venom attacks the nerves, so a bite needs urgent medical care.1

No hoɗi nder
Southern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia), nearby offshore islands, and Boigu and Saibai Islands in Australia's Torres Strait1
Ostarali e Oseyani
Hello arano
It lives in southern New Guinea and offshore islands. People are often bitten while walking through long kunai grass, where the snake is hard to see.1
Juutugol
1,2 m haa 2,4 m (3,9 ft haa 8 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 8,1 km/h (5 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Solidly built, with a wide, round head and a slight neck1
  • Head and upperparts are dull or glossy black, or occasionally dark brown1
  • Underparts are blue-grey or gunmetal grey1
  • Neck is whitish with yellow and grey tinges1
  • Usually 1.2 to 1.7 m long, occasionally more than 2 m1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

Its venom is the most potent of all black snakes in the genus Pseudechis. Unlike other black snakes, it is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Muscle weakness and paralysis can develop within 2 to 21 hours of a bite, and this can be life-threatening.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

It is widely feared in Papua New Guinea's Central Province, but it causes only a small minority of snakebites there. The more dangerous taipan causes far more.1

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

Si no ŋata

  • Get to a hospital quickly, because delaying treatment can be dangerous. The venom can be treated with CSL black snake antivenom, and intubation (a breathing tube) may be needed if breathing is affected.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?

Papuan black snake juuti wona 2,4 m (8 ft)Welo mawɗo wona 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto wona 4,5 m (15 ft)
juuti no ulluuɗi suudu 5, hinere haa lawoljuuti no banaanaaji 14 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 44 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Papuan black 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

The Mekeo people call it auguma, meaning "to bite again", because it often bites repeatedly.1

2

The Kiwai people believe it is sent by a magic-man to kill enemies, and bitten people sometimes seek a magic-man instead of going to hospital.1

3

Some local people in New Guinea believe it and the taipan are opposite sexes of the same species.1

4

The first documented survivor of a bite was a young man treated in New Guinea in 1959, using antivenom made from its venom.1

5

Its venom was first extracted for science by Australian herpetologist Ken Slater in the mid-1950s, and sent to Melbourne for antivenom research.1

6

Its range has shrunk because of habitat destruction, killing by locals and poisoning by the introduced cane toad.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: It is the most dangerous snake in Papua New Guinea's Central Province.

Goonga: It causes only a small minority of snakebites there, which the more dangerous taipan outnumbers.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Pseudechis papuanus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi Ostarali
Ɓesngu
Elapidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Ostarali e Oseyani
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Papuan black snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudechis papuanus (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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