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Red-headed krait

Bungarus flaviceps
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Cobra, mamba ne krait KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The red-headed krait is a large, highly venomous snake with a striking look: a bright red head and tail and a glossy black body. It lives in lowland rain forests across Southeast Asia, including on some islands, and it is uncommon. It is a night-time hunter, and people rarely meet it.1

Kibeera mu
Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and parts of Indonesia1
Asiya
Awaka
It lives in rain forests in lowland, hilly and mountainous areas, including some islands. It is hardly ever found near human homes.1
Obuwanvu
1,2 m okutuuka ku 2,1 m (3,9 ft okutuuka ku 6,9 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians (legless amphibians), small mammals and snake eggs. It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Red-headed krait
Red-headed krait. Ekifaananyi: Henning Larsen. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • A bright red head and tail1
  • A black body with a narrow bluish white stripe along the side1
  • Large, smooth, glossy scales1
  • Adults can reach 2.1 metres, with an average of 1.2 to 1.5 metres1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is similar to the blue Malayan coral snake, which is also venomous, and to the nonvenomous red-headed reed snake.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 a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, causing paralysis. Victims can stop breathing, which can lead to death by asphyxiation. Between 20 minutes and several hours after a bite, drooping eyelids may appear, along with double vision, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, headache and excess saliva. Symptoms can then worsen as more muscles, including the jaw, become paralysed, and breathing can become difficult.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Bites are reported rarely, and the venom is little studied for this reason. It is not usually considered high risk to people in the daytime, because it is sluggish and hides. At night it is active and extremely dangerous.1

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When disturbed, it presses its head into the ground or hides its head within its flattened or rolled coils. Captives will generally refuse to strike until they have been teased for a long time.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Get to a hospital fast. Neurotoxic symptoms can be treated in hospital with antivenin or with drugs that inactivate acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the chemical messenger between nerves and muscles. Symptoms may also settle on their own.1
  • Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu: eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) bwe bujjanjabi.

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?

Red-headed krait 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)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 12 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 46 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Its venom contains a novel toxin called κ-flavitoxin, which blocks nicotinic transmission in autonomic ganglia, clusters of nerve cells that control automatic body functions.1

2

It has short, hollow fangs at the front of its upper jaw, and venom is forced out through a hole near the tip of each fang.1

3

It is partly aquatic and mainly active at night.1

4

It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes, but its diet is now known to be much wider.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It only eats other snakes.

Amazima: Its diet includes skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians, small mammals and snake eggs, as well as snakes.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Bungarus flaviceps
Ekibinja
Cobra, mamba ne krait
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Red-headed krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bungarus flaviceps (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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