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Belcher's sea snake

Hydrophis belcheri
Ku linnya: The genus name Hydrophis comes from Greek words meaning water and serpent. The species name belcheri honours Sir Edward Belcher, the naval officer who collected the first specimen.1
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

Belcher's sea snake is a sea snake with very strong venom. It has a shy nature and usually bites only when it is badly mistreated. Fishermen handling nets are the people most often bitten.1

Kibeera mu
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya3
Awaka
People most often meet this snake when handling fishing nets, which is when most of its bites happen.1
Obuwanvu
50 cm okutuuka ku 1 m (1,6 ft okutuuka ku 3,3 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Belcher's sea snake
Belcher's sea snake. Ekifaananyi: Rasmussen AR. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Usually chrome yellowish in colour, with dark greenish crossbands on the body1
  • The dorsal pattern does not extend onto the belly1
  • Short head with bands of the same colours1
  • Adults are about 50 to 100 cm long1
  • Out of water, the body looks faintly yellow1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It has been mistakenly called the hook-nosed sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa), which is a different species. It has also once been called the blue-banded sea snake, which is a common name for Hydrophis cyanocinctus.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Not much is known about this species' venom. Its LD50 in mice, the dose that kills half of the test animals, is 0.24 mg/kg when injected into muscle.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

It is described as extremely venomous. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, and only about one quarter of those bitten are envenomated, meaning venom is injected, because the snake rarely injects much venom.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It has a timid temperament and would normally have to be severely mistreated before it bites.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Okunyiga n'okunyweza ekitundu (pressure immobilisation): zinga bandeeji egolomoka ennywevu ku kifo ekirumiddwa, oluvannyuma ogende waggulu ku kitundu kyonna, kinyweze n'omuti (splint), era omuntu muleke ateetambulira ddala okutuusa obuyambi lwe butuuka.
  • Ggya omuntu mu mazzi omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Belcher's sea snake kiwanvu nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 6 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 47

Belcher's sea snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Unlike most snakes, its scales overlap each other.1

2

Each dorsal scale has a central tubercle, which is a small raised bump.1

3

Its mouth is very small, which suits life in the water.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Belcher's sea snake, often called the hook-nosed sea snake, is the most venomous snake in the world.

Amazima: This idea spread from a 1996 book, which lumped together toxicity results from different test methods. Venoms can only be compared within the same testing method. The most venomous sea snake is Dubois' seasnake (Aipysurus duboisii).1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hydrophis belcheri
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'ennyanja
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Hydrophis belcheri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrophis belcheri (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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