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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi
Ko faati e innde ndee: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Ɓoɗɗi koraay ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina 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

Ina wuuri e
Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1
Amerik Worgo
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
Juuteendi
50 cm haa 1,1 m (1,6 ft haa 3,7 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko 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.

No anndirte 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

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina 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

So ina ŋata

  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, yahra mo opitaal law, hay so nokku ŋataaɗo oo ina famɗi: maandeeji ina mbaawi fuɗɗaade caggal waktuuji.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Mertens' coral snake hedde 1,1 m juutde (3,7 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo hedde 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 2, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 6 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 73 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Mertens' coral snake mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

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 Worgo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus mertensi (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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