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Burmese krait

Bungarus magnimaculatus

Davart il num: The name Burmese krait refers to Myanmar, the only country where this snake is known to live.1

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

Cobras, mambas e kraits

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

The Burmese krait is a venomous snake that lives only in Myanmar. It has broad white bands with black gaps between them, and it is active at night. It is shy and very rarely bites people.1

Viva en

Myanmar, mainly Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway divisions1

Asia

Pagina iniziala

It lives in dry tropical lowland forest and in disturbed areas near plantations and villages. It is found from near sea level up to about 1,000 m.1

Lunghezza

1,1 m fin 1,4 m (3,6 ft fin 4,8 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 7,3 km/h (4,5 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It mainly eats other snakes. It also sometimes takes small mammals such as rats and mice, lizards, frogs and even fish.1

Foto da Burmese krait — Burmese krait. Foto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Slender body with a triangular shape in cross-section1
11 to 14 broad white crossbars on the back, each about as wide as the black gaps between them1
Smooth, glossy scales, and some white scales may have black spots in their centres1
Flat head that is slightly distinct from the neck, with small to medium eyes and round black pupils1
Uniformly white belly and a short tail of about 150 mm1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Very little is known about its venom. Like other kraits, the venom is potent and contains pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neurotoxins, which attack the nerves.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Bites to humans by this snake are exceptionally rare. No well-documented human deaths have been attributed to it. It is very reluctant to bite unless it is repeatedly provoked.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When molested or threatened, it coils loosely and hides its head beneath its body.1

Sch'el morda

Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital: l'antiserum è il tractament.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

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 49 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Burmese krait cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Burmese krait circa 7,3 km/h (4,5 mph)

In uffant sin il velo circa 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

It is shy and placid by nature, and it prefers to hide rather than fight.1

Its belly is a plain white, while its back has bold white crossbars.1

It is a nocturnal snake, so it is active mainly at night.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Kraits are aggressive snakes that bite readily.

Vardad: The Burmese krait is shy and very disinclined to bite. It usually coils and hides its head unless it is persistently provoked.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Bungarus magnimaculatus
Gruppa: Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Asia
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Bungarus magnimaculatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bungarus magnimaculatus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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