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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Eastern coral snake
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Eastern coral snake

Micrurus fulvius
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Emisota gya korali (coral snakes) KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The eastern coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bright rings of red, yellow and black. It lives in the southeastern United States, including all of Florida. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and it is one of the snakes that people most need to recognise.1

Kibeera mu
Southeastern United States, including all of Florida, north to the southern coast of North Carolina1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It lives in upland hammocks, scrub, pine flatwoods and dry, open, bushy ground, often on sandy soil. Coral snakes spend most of their time underground or sheltering under objects, so people rarely see them.1
Obuwanvu
18 cm okutuuka ku 1,3 m (7,1 in okutuuka ku 4,2 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats mainly other snakes and lizards, and also eats mammals, birds, frogs, fish and insects. It bites the head of its prey first to inject venom, then holds on until the prey is paralysed before swallowing it.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Eastern coral snake
Eastern coral snake. Ekifaananyi: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Wide red and black rings are separated by narrow yellow rings all along the body.1
  • The head is black from the snout to just behind the eyes, with a yellow band behind the eyes.1
  • The red rings are usually speckled with black.1
  • Adults are usually less than 80 cm long, including the tail.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The scarlet snake and the scarlet kingsnake are nonvenomous mimics with similar colours. Kingsnakes and the scarlet snake are helpful predators of rats and mice, so the difference matters.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom is a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. In humans, symptoms can include local pain, slurred speech, double vision, weakness and paralysis, and in severe cases breathing can fail. An estimated 5 mg of venom can be lethal to humans.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Bites and deaths are very rare. Two deaths were documented in the 1950s, and one more has been reported since antivenin became available in the 1960s, the most recent in 2006. The snake is secretive and reluctant to bite; an estimated 40% of bites inject venom, though a 1987 study found 75%.1

Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened it tries to escape, and if it cannot, it may hide its head under its coils, mimic the head with its tail, move erratically or feign death.1

Bwe kiruma

  • The most recent victim died after failing to seek proper medical attention, so anyone bitten should get medical help straight away. Antivenom is available.1
  • Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu, ne bwe kiba nti ekifo ekirumiddwa kirabika kitono: obubonero busobola okutandika oluvannyuma lw'essaawa.

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

Wa mu nsi?

AfirikaAsiyaBulaayaAmerika ey'ObukiikakkonoAmerika ey'ObukiikaddyoAwusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Eastern coral snake kiwanvu nga 1,3 m (4,2 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 7 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 73 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Eastern coral snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

An adult's venom can kill up to five adult humans, but the snake cannot release all of it in a single bite.1

2

Unlike New World pit vipers, the coral snake cannot control how much venom it injects.1

3

Males mature 11 to 16 months after hatching, while females take about 26 months.1

4

Coral snakes are mostly active during the day, and night sightings are rare.1

5

The range could expand up to 200 km northward because of climate change, according to future models.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow" is a reliable way to tell a venomous coral snake from a harmless mimic.

Amazima: The rhyme is a folk saying that only applies to snakes in the southern United States, and it does not work anywhere else.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Micrurus fulvius
Ekibinja
Emisota gya korali (coral snakes)
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
Females lay between 3 and 12 eggs, usually in June, which hatch around September, and there is no parental care.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Least Concern globally (IUCN, 2007), but of significant conservation concern locally, for example Endangered in North Carolina1
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Micrurus fulvius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus fulvius (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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