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Inland taipan

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Sobre o nome: The scientific name microlepidotus is Latin for "small-scaled", referring to its small body scales, which gave it the common name small-scaled snake.1

MortalUn dos animais máis mortais da Terra. Se te morde, pide axuda de inmediato.A axuda rápida e o antiveleno salvan á maioría das persoas. Chama de inmediato ao teu número de emerxencias.

Serpes australianas

MordeCome: Carne

Perigo para as persoas: MortalUn dos animais máis perigosos do mundo.

The inland taipan is a snake of the dry interior of Australia. Its venom is considered the most toxic of any snake in the world, though the snake is usually shy and rarely meets people. It lives on remote, hot clay plains, which is why bites are very rare.1

Vive en

Semiarid central-eastern Australia, near the border of Queensland and South Australia, with an isolated population near Coober Pedy1

Australia e Oceanía

Inicio

It lives on cracking-clay plains in semiarid country and in remote areas, such as the Channel Country of south-western Queensland and the Tirari and Sturt Stony deserts of South Australia. It inhabits remote areas, so it rarely comes into contact with people.1

Lonxitude

2,5 m (8,2 ft)1

Velocidade máxima

uns 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

En terra, estimación aproximada

Que come?

It feeds almost exclusively on small to medium-sized mammals, especially rodents such as the long-haired rat, plains rat and house mouse, and some dasyurid marsupials. It attacks quickly at close range, biting up to eight times in one attack and holding its prey with its body.1

Foto de Inland taipan — Inland taipan. Foto: XLerate. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Como recoñecelo

Typically dark tan overall, ranging from rich dark brown to brownish light green depending on the season.1
Many scales have broad blackish edges, forming broken chevron-like markings that slope backwards and downwards on the body.1
The head, snout and neck are darker than the body: glossy black in winter and dark brown in summer.1
Scales are smooth, without keels, arranged in 23 rows at midbody.1
Adults average about 180 cm in total length, and larger individuals can reach 250 cm.1

Adoita confundirse con: The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) is a close relative. The inland taipan's fangs are somewhat shorter, at about 3.5 to 6.2 mm. The coastal taipan lives closer to populated coastal regions and is more often met by people.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

The venom is extremely toxic and is particularly adapted to killing warm-blooded animals. Tests in laboratory mice and on human heart cell cultures show it is more toxic than the venom of any tested sea snake. A single bite is estimated to contain enough venom to kill more than 100 adult humans. In prey, the venom causes almost immediate incapacitation.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: MortalUn dos animais máis perigosos do mundo.

Its venom is among the most potent of any snake, but it is usually shy, reclusive and placid, and it rarely comes into contact with people because it lives in remote areas. The coastal taipan is considered the more dangerous species in practice because of its behaviour around people and its closer proximity to populated coastal regions.1

Que fai cando ten medo?

It is usually shy and reclusive, with a generally placid disposition.1

Se morde

Inmobilización con presión: envolve cunha venda elástica firme a mordedura e despois todo o membro cara arriba, ponlle unha férula e mantén a persoa completamente quieta ata que chegue a axuda.
Non laves a mordedura: no hospital poden analizar a pezoña que queda na pel para escoller o antiveleno axeitado.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

En que lugar do mundo?

África Asia Europa América do Norte América do Sur Australia e Oceanía

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

mide coma 2,5 cans do fociño á colamide coma 14 bananas postas en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 43 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Inland taipan comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Inland taipan uns 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Un neno en bicicleta uns 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

A single bite is estimated to contain enough venom to kill more than 100 adult humans.1

Based on lab tests in mice, it is widely regarded as the most venomous snake in the world.1

It was thought to be lost to science for almost 90 years, until it was rediscovered in 1972.1

Its darkness changes with the seasons: it is darker in winter, which helps it absorb heat, and paler in summer.1

Its name "fierce" refers to the strength of its venom, not to its temperament.1

In captivity it usually lives 10 to 15 years, and one at Australia Zoo reportedly lived for more than 20 years.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: The "fierce" in its name means it is an aggressive snake.

Verdade: The word "fierce" refers to how strong its venom is. The snake is usually shy and placid.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico: Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Grupo: Serpes australianas
Familia: Elapidae2
Orde: Squamata
Continentes: Australia e Oceanía
Crías: It lays eggs, typically clutches of 10 to 24, usually in abandoned mammal burrows or deep rock crevices.1
Como lle vai na natureza: Least concern (IUCN Red List, 2018). It is presumed extinct in New South Wales and regionally extinct in Victoria.1
Perigo para as persoas: 5 / 5: Mortal3

De onde veñen os datos

Inland taipan (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Oxyuranus microlepidotus (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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