Coastal taipan
The coastal taipan is one of the most feared snakes in Australia. It is a large, fast snake with a powerful venom, and it lives along the coasts of northern and eastern Australia and on the island of New Guinea. It is one of the reasons snake bite safety matters so much in these areas.1

Mmene ungaizindikirire
- Light olive or reddish-brown upperparts, sometimes dark grey to black1
- Paler sides and a creamy-white to pale yellow belly, often marked with orange or pink flecks1
- Long, narrow head with an angular brow and a lighter-coloured face1
- Large, round, light brown or hazel eyes with large pupils1
- Typically about 2.0 m long as an adult, with a slender body1
Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: It is often confused with the eastern brown snake, northern brown snake and king brown snake. The coastal taipan has a larger head and a narrow neck, and a lighter face and snout. In the other species, the head and neck are the same width.1
Mphamvu ya ululu
Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.
Ululu wake umachita chiyani?
Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, and it is also coagulopathic, which means it disturbs blood clotting. In a recorded bite case, the victim became unwell within 15 to 30 minutes, with drooping eyelids, nausea and difficulty breathing. Some victims have also lost their sense of smell for a time.1
Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?
Ngozi kwa anthu: YakuphaImodzi mwa nyama zoopsa kwambiri padziko lonse.It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in the region and is classified by the World Health Organization as a snake of medical importance. Several deaths were recorded from its bites in the 1930s and 1940s, and more were added later as historical cases.1
Nkhani yabwino: madokotala ali ndi mankhwala (antivenom) kapena chithandizo cha ichi.1
Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?
It tends to avoid confrontation but becomes highly defensive if provoked.1
Ikaluma
- Any suspected bite needs urgent medical care. In one recorded case, the bitten man was taken to hospital, where he was given fluids and tiger snake antivenom, and he recovered after 19 days in hospital.1
- Kumanga ndi kusasuntha (pressure immobilisation): manga bandeji yotanuka mwamphamvu pamene walumidwa kenako mmwamba chiwalo chonse, ika chogwiriziza (splint), ndipo munthuyo akhale chete osasuntha konse mpaka thandizo litafika.
- Usasambitse pamene walumidwa: zipatala zingathe kuyeza ululu wotsala pakhungu kuti zisankhe antivenom (mankhwala a ululu) yoyenera.
Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba
Khala wotetezeka
- Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
- Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
- Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.
Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka
Kuti padziko lapansi?
Ndi yaikulu bwanji?
Ndi yaitali bwanji?
Ndi yolemera bwanji?
yaitali ngati agalu 3 mphuno ndi mchira motsatizana
yaitali ngati nthochi 16 zoyalidwa motsatizana
yolemera pafupifupi ngati mphaka wapakhomo
ingathamange mamita 100 m'masekondi 41 (munthu wothamanga kwambiri amafunika 9.6)Coastal taipan ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?
Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.
Imathamanga bwanji?
Mfundo
The longest recorded coastal taipan was 2.9 m long and weighed 6.5 kg, and larger specimens of up to 3.3 m are widely believed to exist.1
Its hunting method, freezing, striking and releasing prey, is similar to that of the African black mamba.1
It is the second-longest venomous snake in Australia, after the king brown snake.1
Newly hatched young grow quickly, reaching about 1.0 m in their first year.1
It may have become more common since cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935.1
Kuthetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano yabodza: The snake hides in trees and drops onto people, and it chases people for hours.
Zoona: Stories of it hiding in trees and dropping on victims were spread in newspapers and books, but snake handlers say it is shy and avoids confrontation. It only becomes highly defensive when provoked.1
Za akatswiri a ululu
- Dzina la sayansi
- Oxyuranus scutellatus
- Gulu
- Njoka za ku Australia
- Banja
- Elapidae2
- Dongosolo
- Squamata
- Makontinenti
- Australia ndi Oceania
- Ana akhanda
- It lays a clutch of 7 to 20 eggs. The eggs take 60 to 80 days to hatch, and the young are 30 to 34 cm long.1
- Mmene ilili kuthengo
- Least Concern (IUCN)1
- Ngozi kwa anthu
- 5 / 5: Yakupha3
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Coastal taipan (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Oxyuranus scutellatus (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
- Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.
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