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Small-scaled burrowing asp

Atractaspis microlepidota
Bisa membunuhBisa membunuhmu tanpa pengobatan. Jika ia menggigitmu, segera cari bantuan.
Ular bertaring belakang GigitanMakan: Daging
Bahaya bagi manusia: Sangat berbahayaBisa membunuh orang yang tidak diobati.

The small-scaled burrowing asp is a black snake that lives underground in parts of West Africa. It is a venomous snake with long, hollow fangs, and scientists have studied it only a few times in the wild. It is interesting because it uses its fangs in an unusual way.1

Hidup di
Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali in West Africa1
Afrika
Beranda
This snake likes to burrow, and most of its prey also lives underground.1
Panjang
75 cm (2,5 ft)1
Kecepatan tertinggi
sekitar 4,8 km/jam (3 mph)
Di darat, perkiraan kasar
Apa makanannya?
Its diet is not well studied. Snakes of its genus have been found with small rodents, birds, lizards, frogs, locusts and white ants in their stomachs or mouths. It stabs prey from the side, often underground, using one fang.1

Cara mengenalinya

  • Black in colour, with a lighter, flatter belly than its back1
  • Smooth body scales1
  • Flattened head with a blunt snout, covered in plates rather than small scales1
  • Short tail and a neck that is not well defined1
  • Average length about 45 cm, with some reaching 75 cm1

Sering tertukar dengan: It is often confused with vipers (family Viperidae) because its long, hollow fangs look similar. Its head is covered in plates, while vipers have small scales on the head.1

Kekuatan bisa

Gigitan

Bisanya keluar lewat taring atau gigi saat menggigit.

Apa efek bisanya?

Its venom is thick and slightly milky in appearance. It appears to be related to elapid venom rather than viper venom. In humans, the bite may first cause pain near the bite, followed by numbness and swelling in the same area.1

Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?

Bahaya bagi manusia: Sangat berbahayaBisa membunuh orang yang tidak diobati.

Its venom is not considered very lethal to humans. However, there have been deaths, mainly among younger children.1

Apa yang dilakukannya saat takut?

It sits still with its nose pointing towards the ground, as if ready to dive into the soil, though this has been seen only a few times.1

Jika ia menggigit

  • Cuci gigitan, jaga orangnya tetap tenang, dan cari bantuan medis. Beberapa spesies (seperti boomslang) bisa mematikan berjam-jam kemudian.

Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama

Tetap aman

  • Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
  • Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
  • Jika ia menggigitmu: tetap tenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nomor darurat (112, 000, 911) atau segera ke rumah sakit. Ingat seperti apa rupanya, foto sangat membantu.

Ia tidak mengincarmu. Ia memakai bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia jauh lebih suka bersembunyi. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman

Seberapa besar dia?

Seberapa panjang dia?

Small-scaled burrowing asp panjangnya sekitar 75 cm (2,5 ft)Kucing peliharaan sekitar 50 cm (1,6 ft)Anjing sekitar 1 m (3,3 ft)
sepanjang 4 pisang yang dijajarkanbisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 75 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)

Seberapa besar Small-scaled burrowing asp dibandingkan KAMU?

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Seberapa cepat dia?

layak diketahui

Fakta

1

It has long, hollow fangs, but usually uses only one of them to stab its prey.1

2

When given several mice, it envenomated all of them before going back to eat them.1

3

Most of its prey burrows, so many of its strikes happen underground, where there is little room to move.1

Pembongkar mitos

Mitos: It is a viper, because it has long hollow fangs like vipers.

Faktanya: It is not closely related to vipers. Its fangs are similar, but it is more closely related to the families Colubridae and Elapidae, and its venom is unlike viper venom.1

Untuk ahli bisa

Nama ilmiah
Atractaspis microlepidota
Kelompok
Ular bertaring belakang
Keluarga
Atractaspididae2
Urutan
Squamata
Benua
Afrika
Anak
It lays eggs that hatch outside the body.1
Bahaya bagi manusia
4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana faktanya berasal

  1. Small-scaled burrowing asp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Atractaspis microlepidota (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
  3. Venom Wiki: tingkat bahaya, ukuran umum, dan perkiraan kecepatan adalah buatan kami. Lihat cara kami menghitungnya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.

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