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Blue-bellied black snake

Pseudechis guttatus
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.
Serps australianas MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The blue-bellied black snake is a venomous snake from eastern Australia. It is shy and usually moves away from people, but its venom is strong, so it is important to know what it looks like. Bites are rare.1

Viva en
Inland south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia1
Australia ed Oceania
Pagina iniziala
It lives in open forests, grasslands and wetlands, and prefers grassland, shrubland and savanna. Its range is inland, away from the coast.1
Lunghezza
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats frogs, lizards and small mammals.1
Propi!Foto da Blue-bellied black snake
Blue-bellied black snake. Foto: Max Tibby. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Its upper body is dark blue or black.1
  • Its underside is dark grey to black.1
  • Some individuals are cream or pale grey with black-edged scales, which gives them a spotted look.1
  • Its head is uniformly dark in all individuals.1
  • Adults can reach about 1.2 m on average, and some reach 1.5 m.1

Savens confundì cun: The red-bellied black snake is a similar species, and its bite symptoms are similar to those of the blue-bellied black snake.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?

Its venom is neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, so it can cause severe pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and excessive sweating (diaphoresis). The lymph glands near the bite can also swell (regional lymphadenopathy).1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Bites are infrequent. The venom is strong, so any bite is serious.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It hisses loudly and flattens its forebody into a low S-shape to warn threats away. It bites only when provoked, for example when stepped on or prodded, and it hangs on to its victim if it bites.1

Sch'el morda

  • If bitten, tiger snake antivenom is the preferred treatment.1
  • 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.
  • Na lava betg la morsa: ils ospitals pon analisar il tissi ch'è restà sin la pel per tscherner il dretg antiserum.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Blue-bellied black snake circa 1,5 m lung (4,9 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 48 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Its venom is the second most toxic of all the Australian black snakes.1

2

It is naturally very shy and will usually try to escape rather than confront people.1

3

Some individuals have a spotted pattern, which is why it is also called the spotted black snake.1

4

Like most snakes, it lays eggs, with a clutch of 7–12 in the breeding season.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Pseudechis guttatus
Gruppa
Serps australianas
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Australia ed Oceania
Poppins
It lays eggs (oviparous), with 7–12 eggs in each breeding season.1
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Blue-bellied black snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudechis guttatus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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