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Spine-tailed sea snake

Aipysurus eydouxii
Ku linnya: The specific name eydouxii honours French naturalist Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Emisota gy'ennyanja KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The spine-tailed sea snake is a sea snake that lives in shallow bays and estuaries in northern Australia, South-East Asia and New Guinea. It is unusual because it eats almost only fish eggs, and it has lost its fangs. It is one of the few sea snakes whose bite is unlikely to be dangerous to people.1

Kibeera mu
Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Vietnam and New Guinea1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura
Awaka
It lives in shallow bays and estuaries, down to depths of 50 m (160 ft).1
Obuwanvu
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats mostly the eggs of bottom-dwelling (benthic) fishes, and it has strong throat muscles that help it swallow them.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Spine-tailed sea snake
Spine-tailed sea snake. Ekifaananyi: R. Soedirman. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Its head shields are regular and symmetrical.1
  • Its smooth scales on the back are arranged in 17 rows around the middle of the body.1
  • It has 141 to 149 distinct belly scales (ventrals) along its body and 27 to 30 scales under its tail (subcaudals).1
  • Adults can reach a snout to vent length (the distance from the tip of the snout to the vent) of about 1 m.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Unlike most sea snakes, it has lost its fangs, and its venom glands have shrunk and are almost entirely non-functional. Its venom is much weaker than that of related sea snakes, because a small change in one of its venom genes reduces the venom's toxicity.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Because it has no fangs and its venom is very weak, its bite is unlikely to be a serious threat to people.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.
  • 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?

Spine-tailed sea snake kiwanvu nga 1 m (3,3 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 47

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Ebituufu

1

It feeds almost exclusively on fish eggs, which is very unusual among sea snakes.1

2

Only one other species of sea snake, Emydocephalus annulatus, shares this egg-only diet.1

3

It has strong throat muscles, reduced teeth and a much smaller body than most other sea snakes, all linked to its special diet.1

4

It gives birth to live young, even though it is a snake that hatches its eggs inside the body.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Aipysurus eydouxii
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'ennyanja
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It is ovoviviparous, so its eggs hatch inside the mother and the young are born alive.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

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