Red-necked keelback
The red-necked keelback is a snake from the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It is unusual because it is venomous, which is rare for snakes in its family, and it was only recently reclassified as dangerous to people.1

Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.
Que fai a súa pezoña?
This snake is rear-fanged, so its venom is delivered through grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw rather than through hollow front fangs. Its venom can cause internal bleeding, including bleeding in the brain, nausea, and blood clotting problems such as disseminated intravascular coagulation. In animal tests, the venom caused kidney failure.1
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.After one fatal and several near-fatal envenomations, the snake was reclassified as dangerous. Most bites to people involve the front teeth and cause no harmful effects, but rare bites from the rear fangs can be lethal. Recent reports describe severe envenomation and organ failure, affecting the kidneys and liver, after even brief bites.1
Que fai cando ten medo?
When threatened, for example by being touched, it can burst its nuchal glands in the red neck, releasing stored toad toxins (bufotoxins) that cause fast heartbeat, drooling, convulsions and paralysis.1
Se morde
- Care is needed when treating a bitten person. Injections should be avoided, as they may cause excessive bleeding.1
- Lava a mordedura, mantén a persoa tranquila e busca axuda médica. Algunhas especies (como a boomslang) poden ser mortais horas despois.
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?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
mide coma 2 gatos domésticos do fociño á cola
mide coma 5 bananas postas en fila
podería percorrer 100 metros en 71 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)Que tamaño ten Red-necked keelback comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
It stores toxins from the toads it eats in glands in its neck, which it can release when threatened.1
Unusually for a member of the colubrid family, which is a large snake family, this species is venomous.1
Its venom ducts open onto grooved fangs at the back of the mouth, and chewing helps the venom enter a bite.1
During mating, several males may swarm around a single female.1
Desmontamitos
Mito: The red-necked keelback is harmless because it was once thought to be.
Verdade: It is venomous. It was previously thought harmless, but after serious bites it was reclassified as dangerous.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Rhabdophis subminiatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Rhabdophis subminiatus (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.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
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