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Texas coral snake

Micrurus tener

Gbasara aha ya: The Latin name tener means "soft or delicate", referring to the snake's graceful features.1

Ọ chọrọ dọkịtaỌ naghị egbukarị egbu, mana ịta ya chọrọ dọkịta.

Agwọ coral

ỊtaNri ya: Anụ

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

The Texas coral snake is a venomous snake with bright black, yellow and red rings. It lives in the southern and southwestern United States and in parts of northeastern and central Mexico. Its bite can cause paralysis, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

Ebe obibi

Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in the USA; Guanajuato, Morelos, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas in Mexico1

Ugwu Amerika

Ụlọ

It spends most of its time hiding in leaf litter and under logs. It can be seen on the surface after heavy rains, when night-time temperatures rise above 26 °C (78 °F).1

Ogologo

1.2 m (4 ft)1

Ọsọ kacha elu

ihe dị ka 4.9 km/h (3 mph)

N'elu ala, nchepụta

Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?

Its main food is other snakes, mostly small burrowing species, and it also preys on venomous snakes such as copperheads. It sometimes eats small lizards, and rarely eats rodents. It is cannibalistic.1

Foto Texas coral snake — Texas coral snake. Foto: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

Black, yellow and red rings, with the rings running onto the belly.1
Smooth scales, a rounded head and round pupils.1
Somewhat larger and stouter than the eastern coral snake.1
Males are typically smaller than females.1
Shy and secretive, and mostly active at night.1

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Nonvenomous snakes copy the coral snake's colours as a form of Batesian mimicry. In the United States, the venomous coral snakes can be told apart by red rings touching yellow rings. The common rhyme "red and yellow, kill a fellow" is not always accurate because colours vary, and relying on it is dangerous.1

Ike nsị

Ịta

Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.

Gịnị ka nsị ọ na-agba na-eme?

The snake has a pair of fixed, grooved fangs at the front of the upper jaw, and venom is injected through them. Its venom contains a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a myotoxin, which damages muscle. Bite victims may experience paralysis or myolysis (muscle breakdown), which can be potentially lethal.1

Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

Before antivenom was available, the fatality rate of coral snake bites was estimated at 10%. Deaths were mainly caused by breathing or heart failure from paralysis. A single bite can deliver 10–12 mg of dry venom, about twice the lethal dose for an adult human of 5–7 mg. Many bites deliver no venom at all, known as dry bites.1

Ozi ọma: ndị dọkịta nwere ọgwụ (antivenom) ma ọ bụ ọgwụgwọ maka nke a.1

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

When grabbed suddenly, or sometimes just when touched, it may thrash about, swing around and bite.1

Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara

Remove any jewellery from a bitten limb, in case of severe swelling. Wrap the bite area moderately tightly in a wide cloth, and move the bitten limb as little as possible. Take the bite victim to the nearest hospital as soon as possible for advanced treatment, such as antivenom.1
Mee ka onye ahụ ghara imegharị ahụ, dịkwa jụụ, kpọga ya ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa, ọbụna ma ebe ọ tara dị ka obere ihe: mgbaàmà nwere ike ịmalite ọtụtụ awa ka e mesịrị.

Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ

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Kedu otú Texas coral snake si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?

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Kedu otú o si agba ọsọ?

Mbe ihe dị ka 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Texas coral snake ihe dị ka 4.9 km/h (3 mph)

Mmadụ na-aga ije ihe dị ka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

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Eziokwu

A single bite can deliver about twice the lethal dose for an adult human, yet many bites inject no venom at all.1

The Texas coral snake eats other snakes, including venomous ones, and will even eat its own kind.1

Colour variants exist in the wild, including albino, anerythristic, pastel and completely black (melanistic) snakes.1

Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha

Akụkọ ụgha: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, friend of Jack" is a reliable way to tell a coral snake from a harmless look-alike.

Eziokwu: The rhyme is not always accurate because colour patterns vary, and relying on it is dangerous to both people and snakes.1

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị: Micrurus tener
Otu: Agwọ coral
Ezinụlọ: Elapidae2
Usoro: Squamata
Kọntinent dị iche iche: Ugwu Amerika
Ụmụ ọhụrụ: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: 3 / 5: Ọ dị njọ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

Texas coral snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Micrurus tener (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
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