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Leaf-scaled sea snake

Aipysurus foliosquama
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Emisota gy'ennyanja KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The leaf-scaled sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It was once found around a few remote reefs off northern Australia, but for a long time it was thought to have disappeared. It was rediscovered in 2015 in Shark Bay, on the coast of Western Australia.1

Kibeera mu
Shark Bay, Western Australia; formerly Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs in the Timor Sea1
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura
Awaka
It lives in seagrass beds and waters up to 10 metres deep. Its diet is also linked to coral outcrops and crevices, where it hunts fish.1
Obuwanvu
80 cm (2,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats wrasse and gudgeon fish. It pursues them through coral outcrops and crevices.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Leaf-scaled sea snake
Leaf-scaled sea snake. Ekifaananyi: Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Purple brown in colour1
  • Recorded length of around 80 cm1
  • A sea snake, so it has a flattened, paddle-like body shape suited to swimming1
  • Lives in seagrass beds and near coral1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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?

Leaf-scaled sea snake kiwanvu nga 80 cm (2,6 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 1,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 50

Leaf-scaled sea snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

It was thought to have become extinct at the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but a population was found in Shark Bay in December 2015.1

2

It is listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species.1

3

Its previously known habitats, the Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs, are about 1,700 km away from Shark Bay.1

4

Like other sea snakes, it has no gills. It must come up to the surface regularly to breathe air with its lungs.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Aipysurus foliosquama
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'ennyanja
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Oseyani
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Data deficient (IUCN). Listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species; its population is significantly declining.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Aipysurus foliosquama (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Aipysurus foliosquama (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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