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Eastern coral snake

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

The eastern coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bright rings of red, yellow and black. It lives in the southeastern United States, including all of Florida. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and it is one of the snakes that people most need to recognise.1

Viva en
Southeastern United States, including all of Florida, north to the southern coast of North Carolina1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in upland hammocks, scrub, pine flatwoods and dry, open, bushy ground, often on sandy soil. Coral snakes spend most of their time underground or sheltering under objects, so people rarely see them.1
Lunghezza
18 cm fin 1,3 m (7,1 in fin 4,2 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats mainly other snakes and lizards, and also eats mammals, birds, frogs, fish and insects. It bites the head of its prey first to inject venom, then holds on until the prey is paralysed before swallowing it.1
Propi!Foto da Eastern coral snake
Eastern coral snake. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Wide red and black rings are separated by narrow yellow rings all along the body.1
  • The head is black from the snout to just behind the eyes, with a yellow band behind the eyes.1
  • The red rings are usually speckled with black.1
  • Adults are usually less than 80 cm long, including the tail.1

Savens confundì cun: The scarlet snake and the scarlet kingsnake are nonvenomous mimics with similar colours. Kingsnakes and the scarlet snake are helpful predators of rats and mice, so the difference matters.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?

The venom is a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. In humans, symptoms can include local pain, slurred speech, double vision, weakness and paralysis, and in severe cases breathing can fail. An estimated 5 mg of venom can be lethal to humans.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Bites and deaths are very rare. Two deaths were documented in the 1950s, and one more has been reported since antivenin became available in the 1960s, the most recent in 2006. The snake is secretive and reluctant to bite; an estimated 40% of bites inject venom, though a 1987 study found 75%.1

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened it tries to escape, and if it cannot, it may hide its head under its coils, mimic the head with its tail, move erratically or feign death.1

Sch'el morda

  • The most recent victim died after failing to seek proper medical attention, so anyone bitten should get medical help straight away. Antivenom is available.1
  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta e va spert en in ospital, era sche la morsa para pitschna: ils sintoms pon cumenzar uras pli tard.

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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Eastern coral snake circa 1,3 m lung (4,2 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 7 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 73 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Eastern coral snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

An adult's venom can kill up to five adult humans, but the snake cannot release all of it in a single bite.1

2

Unlike New World pit vipers, the coral snake cannot control how much venom it injects.1

3

Males mature 11 to 16 months after hatching, while females take about 26 months.1

4

Coral snakes are mostly active during the day, and night sightings are rare.1

5

The range could expand up to 200 km northward because of climate change, according to future models.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow" is a reliable way to tell a venomous coral snake from a harmless mimic.

Vardad: The rhyme is a folk saying that only applies to snakes in the southern United States, and it does not work anywhere else.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Micrurus fulvius
Gruppa
Serps da coral
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
Females lay between 3 and 12 eggs, usually in June, which hatch around September, and there is no parental care.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Least Concern globally (IUCN, 2007), but of significant conservation concern locally, for example Endangered in North Carolina1
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Micrurus fulvius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus fulvius (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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