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Yellow-lipped sea krait

Laticauda colubrina
Pode matarPode matarte sen tratamento. Se te morde, busca axuda rápido.
Serpes mariñas MordeCome: Carne
Perigo para as persoas: Moi perigosoPode matar a unha persoa que non reciba tratamento.

The yellow-lipped sea krait is a highly venomous sea snake. It lives in tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. It spends much of its time underwater hunting, but it comes ashore to digest food, rest and breed.1

Vive en
Tropical Indo-Pacific, from eastern India through Southeast Asia to Fiji and other Pacific islands1
Océano Pacífico, Océano Índico, Mar de Filipinas, Mar da China Meridional, Mar do Coral, Mar de Andamán, Mar de Timor e de Arafura, Golfo de Bengala
Inicio
It lives in coastal waters and on the land beside them, and adults spend about half their time on land. People often meet it because it turns up in the water intake and exhaust pipes of boats, and it is drawn to lights in hotels and other buildings on coasts.1
Lonxitude
88 cm a 1,4 m (2,9 ft a 4,7 ft)1
Velocidade máxima
uns 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Nadando, estimación aproximada
Que come?
It mainly eats eels, and also small fish. It usually hunts alone, but sometimes hunts in groups with giant trevally and goatfish, flushing prey out of narrow crevices and holes.1
De verdade!Foto de Yellow-lipped sea krait
Yellow-lipped sea krait. Foto: Bernard DUPONT. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Como recoñecelo

  • Black head with a yellow upper lip and snout. The yellow extends back above the eye.1
  • Upper body is a bluish grey, with black rings of about the same width along its length. The belly is yellowish.1
  • Paddle-shaped tail, adapted for swimming.1
  • Between 21 and 25 rows of overlapping scales run along the middle of the body.1

Adoita confundirse con: The yellow-lipped New Caledonian sea krait is similar. It has fewer rows of scales, and its scales narrow or fail to meet. The dark bands of the yellow-lipped sea krait meet across the belly.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

Its venom is a very powerful neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, which causes paralysis. In mice, lethal doses caused lethargy, paralysis and convulsions in quick succession before death.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: Moi perigosoPode matar a unha persoa que non reciba tratamento.

Fewer bites are recorded from this snake than from cobras and vipers, because it is less aggressive and tends to avoid people. Bites usually happen when it is accidentally grabbed. Most sea snake bites happen when fishermen try to untangle the snakes from their nets.1

Que fai cando ten medo?

It is not aggressive and only attacks when it feels threatened, and its tail moves and looks like its head, which can fool predators.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.
  • Saca a persoa da auga e lévaa rápido a un hospital.

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?

ÁfricaAsiaEuropaAmérica do NorteAmérica do SurAustralia e OceaníaOcéano PacíficoOcéano ÍndicoMar do CoralMar da China MeridionalMar de FilipinasMar de AndamánMar de Timor e de ArafuraGolfo de Bengala

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

Yellow-lipped sea krait mide uns 1,4 m (4,7 ft)Un can uns 1 m (3,3 ft)Un adulto uns 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
mide coma 3 gatos domésticos do fociño á colamide coma 8 bananas postas en filapodería nadar o longo dunha piscina grande (50 m) en 43 segundos

Que tamaño ten Yellow-lipped sea krait comparado CONTIGO?

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

Que rápido é?

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

1

Eels from New Guinea, where this snake lives, tolerated doses of its venom about 750 times larger than eels from the Caribbean, where it does not live.1

2

Snakes moved 5.3 km away from their home islands in Fiji all returned to their home islands, taking an average of 30.7 days.1

3

It hunts underwater but returns to land to digest food, shed its skin and breed.1

4

In the Philippines, these snakes are caught for their skin and meat. The meat is smoked and exported for use in Japanese cuisine.1

5

Females are much larger than males, with an average length of 142 cm compared with 87.5 cm for males.1

6

It is the most common sea krait found in New Zealand, where it is protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: Sea snakes are aggressive and attack people often.

Verdade: This snake is not aggressive. It avoids people and usually bites only when it is accidentally grabbed or feels threatened.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico
Laticauda colubrina
Grupo
Serpes mariñas
Familia
Elapidae2
Orde
Squamata
Continentes
Océano Pacífico, Océano Índico, Mar de Filipinas, Mar da China Meridional, Mar do Coral, Mar de Andamán, Mar de Timor e de Arafura, Golfo de Bengala, Os océanos
Crías
It lays eggs, as many as 10 in a clutch, in crevices where they stay until they hatch. Only two nests have been reported in the wild across its range.1
Perigo para as persoas
4 / 5: Moi perigoso3

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Yellow-lipped sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Laticauda colubrina (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
  3. 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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