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Grey snake

Hemiaspis damelii
Ku linnya: The specific name damelii honours German entomologist Edward Dämel, who collected Australian specimens for Museum Godeffroy.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Emisota gy'e Awusitureeliya KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The grey snake is a small venomous snake found in eastern Australia. It hunts at night, mostly for frogs. It is endangered, and scientists have seen it only a handful of times in the last 65 years.1

Kibeera mu
Eastern Australia, from central inland New South Wales to the interior of south-eastern Queensland1
Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Awaka
It favours dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands on clay soils, where water bodies or gullies are present. It shelters under rocks, logs and other debris, and in cracks in the soil.1
Obuwanvu
43 cm okutuuka ku 60 cm (1,4 ft okutuuka ku 2 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats mostly terrestrial frogs (anurans). It rarely eats some scincid lizards. It hunts at night, around sunset, for one to two hours.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Grey snake
Grey snake. Ekifaananyi: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Olive to grey on the back, with a white to yellowish white belly often flecked with dark grey.1
  • In some grey snakes, the scales on the flanks are tipped with black.1
  • Juveniles have a distinctive black head, which fades or sometimes disappears as the snake matures.1
  • Adults are relatively small, with an average snout-vent length of about 50 cm. Males are slightly larger than females.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is fairly mild. It contains procoagulants, which are substances that make blood clot. The venom causes local pain and swelling around the bite.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The venom is unlikely to cause death in humans. However, a bite from a larger snake may be very painful.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.
  • Tonaaza kifo ekirumiddwa: amalwaliro gasobola okukebera obusagwa obusigadde ku lususu okulonda eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) erituufu.

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?

Grey snake kiwanvu nga 60 cm (2 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 3 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 59 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Grey snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

It has been seen only a handful of times in the past 65 years.1

2

Recent floods in New South Wales helped researchers find 30 individual snakes.1

3

Its litter size is linked to the size of the mother, with larger females having more young.1

4

Newborns take an average of 12 months to mature after birth.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hemiaspis damelii
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'e Awusitureeliya
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Abaana abawere
It gives birth to live young, born fully formed, with 4 to 16 young per litter. Breeding takes place from January to March.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Endangered1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Hemiaspis damelii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hemiaspis damelii (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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