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Dubois' sea snake

Aipysurus duboisii

Davart il num: The specific name duboisii honours Belgian naturalist Charles Frédéric Dubois.1

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

Serps da mar

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

Dubois' sea snake is a sea snake that lives in shallow waters around northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. It is an extremely venomous snake, and it is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It lives among coral reefs and sandy seabeds, so people who snorkel or dive in these waters may meet it.1

Viva en

Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the northern, eastern and western coasts of Australia1

Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura

Pagina iniziala

It lives in coral reef flats and over sandy and silty seabeds, down to depths of 80 m. Seaweed, invertebrates, and corals or sponges give it places to shelter.1

Lunghezza

1,5 m (4,9 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 4 km/h (2,5 mph)

Nudar, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It preys on moray eels and various fish that live on the seafloor.1

Foto da Dubois' sea snake — Dubois' sea snake. Foto: rcrofts. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Adults grow up to 148 cm in total length, including the tail, but are usually around 80 cm.1
The head is slightly wider than the neck.1
The tail is relatively long.1
The chin and throat are lighter in colour than the rest of the body.1
Colour and body pattern vary a great deal between individuals.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 extremely potent. In laboratory tests on mice, it was the most toxic sea snake tested and the third most toxic snake overall, behind the inland taipan and the eastern brown snake. Its fangs are short, at 1.8 mm, and its venom yield is 0.43 mg.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world. It has a medium level of aggression and bites only when provoked, not spontaneously.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It will bite if provoked, but it does not attack without reason.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 Coral Mar da Timor e d'Arafura

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 nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 45 secundas

Quant grond è Dubois' 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)

Dubois' sea snake circa 4 km/h (2,5 mph)

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

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Fatgs

It is the most venomous sea snake tested, and one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world.1

Its fangs are only 1.8 mm long, which is short for a snake.1

It can live at depths of up to 80 m.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Aipysurus duboisii
Gruppa: Serps da mar
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Ils oceans
Poppins: It is viviparous, so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

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Aipysurus duboisii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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