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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi

Ku linnya: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1

Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.

Emisota gya korali (coral snakes)

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

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

Mertens' coral snake is a venomous snake with bold red, black and white or yellow rings. It lives in northwestern South America, in Ecuador and Peru. It is one of the larger coral snakes of its group.1

Kibeera mu

Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1

Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo

Awaka

It lives in forest, shrubland and desert, from near sea level up to 2,400 m. It is usually found near a river or stream.1

Obuwanvu

50 cm okutuuka ku 1,1 m (1,6 ft okutuuka ku 3,7 ft)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 4,9 km/h (3 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It hunts other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy. Its prey includes blind snakes such as Epictia subcrotilla and the venomous pit viper Bothrops pictus.1

Ekifaananyi kya Mertens' coral snake — Mertens' coral snake. Ekifaananyi: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Banded with red, black and white (or yellow) rings1
The red rings are the widest bands1
The black rings are slightly narrower and are not arranged in triads (groups of three)1
The white or yellow rings are the narrowest and separate the red from the black1
Adults are usually 50 to 80 cm long, with the tail included1

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.

The lethal dose for an adult human is unknown. Scientists obtaining venom from this snake (called milking) got an average of 2 mg of dry venom.1

Bwe kiruma

Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu, ne bwe kiba nti ekifo ekirumiddwa kirabika kitono: obubonero busobola okutandika oluvannyuma lw'essaawa.

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Weekuume

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Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 6 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 73 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Mertens' coral snake nga 4,9 km/h (3 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

It eats other snakes, including a venomous pit viper.1

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Micrurus mertensi
Ekibinja: Emisota gya korali (coral snakes)
Amaka: Elapidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Abaana abawere: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Akabi eri abantu: 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Micrurus mertensi (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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