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Gwardar

Pseudonaja mengdeni
Davart il num: The scientific name Pseudonaja mengdeni honours Mengden, the person the species is named after; the name gwardar is one of its common names.1
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 gwardar, also called Mengden's brown snake or the western brown snake, is a venomous snake found in dry parts of Australia. It is considered dangerously venomous, and its bite can cause severe symptoms that may lead to death.1

Viva en
Endemic to Australia: from the coast of Western Australia through central Australia to north-west New South Wales and western Queensland1
Australia ed Oceania
Pagina iniziala
It lives in dry to arid areas, including woodlands, spinifex deserts, sandplains, stony plains, croplands and grasslands. It is often found within fallen timber, dead trees, shrubs, native grasses and ground cavities.1
Lunghezza
2 m (6,6 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It preys on small reptiles, mammals, other snakes, ground-nesting birds and bird eggs.1
Propi!Foto da Gwardar
Gwardar. Foto: Carl-st205. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Highly variable in colour, from light brown to almost black1
  • Two distinct forms: 'orange with black head' and 'pale head, grey nape'1
  • Scales on the head often form a black V or W pattern1
  • Cream, yellow, orange or grey belly, often with dark orange or grey blotches1
  • Slender body and narrow head, with a large strap-like scale around the front of the snout1

Savens confundì cun: It is often confused with the eastern brown snake, which has a pink mouth lining, and the northern brown snake, which has a purplish or blue-black mouth lining. It is also confused with other brown snakes and the black-headed python. Telling species apart reliably requires scale counts, which should only be done by an experienced herpetologist.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 attacks the nerves, and haemotoxic, which affects the blood. Its symptoms are severe and potentially fatal.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is considered dangerously venomous. Its bite can cause severe symptoms resulting in death. A scratch from its fangs can still be fatal.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 raises the front part of its body into an S-shape, lifts its head off the ground and opens its mouth.1

Sch'el morda

  • First aid must be applied and medical attention sought straight away. Brown snake antivenom is the treatment used in case of envenoming.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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Gwardar circa 2 m lung (6,6 ft)Il velo d'in creschì circa 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto circa 4,5 m (15 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 11 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 48 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Gwardar cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is mainly active during the day, though it can be active on warm nights.1

2

Hybridisation between Pseudonaja species makes identifying them difficult.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Pseudonaja mengdeni
Gruppa
Serps australianas
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Australia ed Oceania
Poppins
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs, with up to more than 12 eggs per clutge.1
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Pseudonaja mengdeni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudonaja mengdeni (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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