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New Guinea small-eyed snake

Micropechis ikaheka
Na ntina ya kombo: The name ikaheca means "land eel" in a local West Papuan dialect, which reflects its liking for damp and semi-aquatic places.1
Ekoki kobomaEkoki koboma yo soki bosalisi ezali te. Soki esui yo, luka lisalisi noki.
Banyoka ya Australia KosuaElyaka: Mosuni
Likama mpo na bato: Likama mingiEkoki koboma moto oyo azwi bosalisi te.

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

Ezalaka na
New Guinea and nearby islands, including Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea, Karkar, Manam and Walis Islands, and parts of Indonesia1
Australia & Océanie
Ebandeli
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
Molai
2,1 m (6,9 ft)1
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Na mabele, kokanisa ya pene
Elyaka nini?
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
Solo solo!Foto ya New Guinea small-eyed snake
New Guinea small-eyed snake. Foto: no rights reserved. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ndenge ya koyeba yango

  • 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

Makasi ya venin

Kosua

Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.

Venin na yango esalaka nini?

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

Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?

Likama mpo na bato: Likama mingiEkoki koboma moto oyo azwi bosalisi te.

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

Nsango malamu: ba monganga bazali na nkisi (antivenin) to bosalisi mpo na yango.1

Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?

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

Soki esui

  • Immobilisation na pression: zinga bande élastique makasi likolo ya esika esui, sima mata na yango na lokolo to loboko mobimba, tia attelle, mpe tika moto aningana ata moke te kino lisalisi ekoya.
  • Sukola esika esui te: na lopitalo bakoki kotala venin oyo etikali na loposo mpo na kopona antivenin oyo ebongi.

Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso

Zala na libateli

  • Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
  • Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
  • Soki moko esui yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.

Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela

Wapi na mokili?

AfrikaAziaErópaAmerika ya NordAmerika ya SudeAustralia & Océanie

Monene na yango boni?

Molai na yango boni?

New Guinea small-eyed snake molai pene na 2,1 m (6,9 ft)Velo ya moto mokolo pene na 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Motuka pene na 4,5 m (15 ft)
molai lokola ba pusu ya ndako 4, zolo kino mokilamolai lokola bitabe 12 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusuekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 46 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)

New Guinea small-eyed snake azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?

Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.

Mbangu na yango boni?

malamu koyeba

Makambo ya solo

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

Solo to lokuta?

Lokuta: A dead snake is harmless and cannot bite.

Solo: 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

Mpo na ba expert ya venin

Kombo ya siansi
Micropechis ikaheka
Ebota
Banyoka ya Australia
Libota
Elapidae2
Molongo
Squamata
Bakontina
Australia & Océanie
Bana
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), as most elapids do. The number of eggs is not known from the available information.1
Likama mpo na bato
4 / 5: Likama mingi3

Esika makambo euti

  1. Micropechis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micropechis ikaheka (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
  3. Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.

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