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Belcher's sea snake

Hydrophis belcheri

Davart il num: The genus name Hydrophis comes from Greek words meaning water and serpent. The species name belcheri honours Sir Edward Belcher, the naval officer who collected the first specimen.1

Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.

Serps da mar

Morsas

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

Belcher's sea snake is a sea snake with very strong venom. It has a shy nature and usually bites only when it is badly mistreated. Fishermen handling nets are the people most often bitten.1

Viva en

Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar Arab e Golf Persic3

Pagina iniziala

People most often meet this snake when handling fishing nets, which is when most of its bites happen.1

Lunghezza

50 cm fin 1 m (1,6 ft fin 3,3 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)

Nudar, stima approximativa

Foto da Belcher's sea snake — Belcher's sea snake. Foto: Rasmussen AR. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Usually chrome yellowish in colour, with dark greenish crossbands on the body1
The dorsal pattern does not extend onto the belly1
Short head with bands of the same colours1
Adults are about 50 to 100 cm long1
Out of water, the body looks faintly yellow1

Savens confundì cun: It has been mistakenly called the hook-nosed sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa), which is a different species. It has also once been called the blue-banded sea snake, which is a common name for Hydrophis cyanocinctus.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Not much is known about this species' venom. Its LD50 in mice, the dose that kills half of the test animals, is 0.24 mg/kg when injected into muscle.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

It is described as extremely venomous. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, and only about one quarter of those bitten are envenomated, meaning venom is injected, because the snake rarely injects much venom.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It has a timid temperament and would normally have to be severely mistreated before it bites.1

Sch'el morda

Immobilisaziun cun squitsch: envolva ina bandascha elastica ferma sur la morsa e lura vi da l'entir member ensi, fixescha el cun ina stecca e tegna la persuna dal tut immobila, fin che l'agid arriva.
Porta la persuna or da l'aua e spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania Ocean Pacific Ocean Indic Mar da la China dal Sid Mar d'Andaman Mar Arab e Golf Persic

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 6 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 47 secundas

Quant grond è Belcher's sea snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina persuna che nuda circa 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Belcher's sea snake circa 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)

In nudader olimpic circa 8 km/h (5 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Unlike most snakes, its scales overlap each other.1

Each dorsal scale has a central tubercle, which is a small raised bump.1

Its mouth is very small, which suits life in the water.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Belcher's sea snake, often called the hook-nosed sea snake, is the most venomous snake in the world.

Vardad: This idea spread from a 1996 book, which lumped together toxicity results from different test methods. Venoms can only be compared within the same testing method. The most venomous sea snake is Dubois' seasnake (Aipysurus duboisii).1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Hydrophis belcheri
Gruppa: Serps da mar
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar Arab e Golf Persic, Ils oceans
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Hydrophis belcheri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Hydrophis belcheri (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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