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Curl snake

Suta suta

Davart il num: The Latin name suta means "stitched", from the pattern of darker scale edges that can look stitched together.1

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Serps australianas

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The curl snake is a heavily built, venomous snake that lives across much of Australia. It gets its name from the tight, spring-like coil it makes when threatened. Its venom attacks the nerves, so any bite needs prompt medical advice.1

Viva en

Australia, in all states and territories except Tasmania. Mostly arid eastern and central Australia.1

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

It most often lives in grasslands, scrublands and open woodlands. It forages in leaf litter and under rocks at night, and can shelter in old burrows, soil cracks, under woody debris and under leaf litter.1

Lunghezza

60 cm (2 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 5,9 km/h (3,7 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds mostly on small reptiles, especially geckos, skinks, legless lizards, dragons and other snakes. It also eats small mammals and frogs, which may make up up to 20% of its diet.1

Foto da Curl snake — Curl snake. Foto: Connor Margetts. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Dark brown or reddish brown, with a darker head and paler underside on the flanks.1
A light-coloured iris and a small pupil.1
A temporal dark-edged stripe, typically orange, running from each eye to the snout.1
A wide head and heavy build. The typical length is 40 cm.1
Usually 19 dorsal scale rows at mid-body, 150 to 170 ventral scales, and 20 to 35 single subcaudal scales.1

Savens confundì cun: It is often confused with the Ord curl snake (Suta ordensis), a similar species.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. It is considered unsafe, especially for small children.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The venom is considered unsafe, especially for small children. Bites from large snakes are considered especially dangerous.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it curls tightly into a spring-like coil that protects its head, and then usually thrashes violently.1

Sch'el morda

Seek medical advice immediately. Immobilise the patient and apply a pressure bandage.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

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 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 61 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Curl snake 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)

Curl snake circa 5,9 km/h (3,7 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

Lizards make up the bulk of its diet, including geckos, skinks and dragons.1

It can shelter in old burrows, soil cracks and under woody debris.1

Hatchlings average about 15 cm long when born.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Suta suta
Gruppa: Serps australianas
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Poppins: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. A typical litter is five, and litters can range from one to seven.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira: Secure in all states except Victoria, where it is vulnerable.1
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Curl snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Suta suta (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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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