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New Caledonian sea krait

Laticauda saintgironsi
Ku linnya: The species name, saintgironsi, honours the French herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Hubert Saint Girons.1
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Emisota gy'ennyanja KirumaKirya: Ebyennyanja
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The New Caledonian sea krait is a venomous sea snake that lives in the waters around New Caledonia, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It spends time both in the sea and on land near the shore. It is special because it is found almost nowhere else.1

Kibeera mu
Waters around New Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands1
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali
Awaka
It lives in marine, intertidal and supratidal areas. Intertidal means the zone covered by sea at high tide and exposed at low tide, and supratidal means the area just above the high-tide line. It has been recorded from a depth of 80 m to an altitude of 100 m.1
Obuwanvu
1,1 m (3,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats non-spiny, eel-like fishes. The lipspot moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus) makes up about half of its prey.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya New Caledonian sea krait
New Caledonian sea krait. Ekifaananyi: moi même. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Has a yellow or cream-coloured upper lip1
  • The rostral scale (the scale at the tip of the snout) is undivided1
  • Has 21 rows of scales around the middle of the body1
  • Females grow larger than males1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The yellow-lipped sea krait also has a yellow upper lip. To tell them apart, count the scales: the New Caledonian sea krait has 21 rows of mid-body scales, while the yellow-lipped sea krait has 23 banded rows that meet on the belly.1

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?

New Caledonian sea krait kiwanvu nga 1,1 m (3,6 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 45

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Ebituufu

1

It has been recorded outside its home range only once: a single specimen was found in New Zealand in 1925.1

2

Its diet is mainly eel-like fishes, and the lipspot moray makes up about half of what it eats.1

3

Females grow much larger than males. The largest female recorded was 109 cm long, while the largest male was 81.7 cm.1

4

Its limited range is thought to be because sea kraits of the genus Laticauda spend time on land or in shallow water, which gives them few chances to be carried away by ocean currents.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Laticauda saintgironsi
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'ennyanja
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs (oviparous). The number of eggs is not recorded.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. New Caledonian sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Laticauda saintgironsi (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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