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New Guinea small-eyed snake

Micropechis ikaheka
Ku linnya: The name ikaheca means "land eel" in a local West Papuan dialect, which reflects its liking for damp and semi-aquatic places.1
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Emisota gy'e Awusitureeliya KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The New Guinea small-eyed snake, Micropechis ikaheka, is a highly venomous snake that lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It is the only species in its genus, and it is known for causing many deadly bites, especially on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its bites are a serious medical concern in the places where it lives.1

Kibeera mu
New Guinea and nearby islands, including Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea, Karkar, Manam and Walis Islands, and parts of Indonesia1
Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Awaka
It lives in damp or semi-aquatic places such as swamps, creeks, wetlands, low-lying rainforest and piles of plant debris, including oil palm windrows and coconut palm husk piles. People often meet it on plantations, where it shelters in husk piles during the day. It may also cross roads at night after rain.1
Obuwanvu
2,1 m (6,9 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts small vertebrates, including small rodents and bandicoots, ground-dwelling lizards such as skinks, and other snakes, such as the New Guinea ground boa. It is also cannibalistic, meaning it eats other members of its own species.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya New Guinea small-eyed snake
New Guinea small-eyed snake. Ekifaananyi: no rights reserved. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Thick, heavy body with smooth scales1
  • Small eyes, typical of burrowing snakes1
  • Body colour ranges from pale yellow to brown, with little or no banding in some populations1
  • Some populations are strongly banded along the whole body, and some are almost black1
  • Mostly active at night or at dusk1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is strong enough that it is considered a dangerous snake. Common symptoms include local muscle pain and tenderness, fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, headache, low blood pressure and spontaneous bleeding. In severe cases, the venom also affects the nerves and muscles, causing drooping eyelids, slurred speech and jaw locking, and death can result from respiratory paralysis (when the muscles used for breathing stop working).1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

This snake has been linked to many fatal bites. The first proven human death occurred in 1958 in Wau, Papua New Guinea, where a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the base of the thumb while handling the snake. It causes about 40% of snake envenomations on Karkar Island, but less than 10% on the mainland, where death adders cause most snakebites. Plantation workers are most at risk, especially when moving husk piles, cutting grass, walking on plantation tracks or harvesting cocoa beans.1

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Although it is normally shy, it becomes highly aggressive when disturbed, for example if it is handled or stepped on, and then it strikes quickly and readily. Its bite is tenacious and chewing, and it is not easily released.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

Wa mu nsi?

AfirikaAsiyaBulaayaAmerika ey'ObukiikakkonoAmerika ey'ObukiikaddyoAwusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

New Guinea small-eyed snake kiwanvu nga 2,1 m (6,9 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4,5 m (15 ft)
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Ebituufu

1

A bite from this snake was linked to a human death in 1958, when a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the thumb while handling it.1

2

It is cannibalistic, and it also hunts rodents, lizards and other snakes.1

3

On Karkar Island, where it is common, it is called the "white snake" because of its pale colouring.1

4

Its name, ikaheca, means "land eel" in a local West Papuan language.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: A dead snake is harmless and cannot bite.

Amazima: A villager was bitten on the thumb by a snake he had reportedly killed, possibly because of a reflex action after death. Dead snakes can still bite, so they should be handled with care.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Micropechis ikaheka
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'e Awusitureeliya
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), as most elapids do. The number of eggs is not known from the available information.1
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Micropechis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micropechis ikaheka (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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