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Inland taipan

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Davart il num: The scientific name microlepidotus is Latin for "small-scaled", referring to its small body scales, which gave it the common name small-scaled snake.1

MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'el ta morda, clama immediat agid.Agid svelt ed antiserum salvan las bleras persunas. Clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza.

Serps australianas

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The inland taipan is a snake of the dry interior of Australia. Its venom is considered the most toxic of any snake in the world, though the snake is usually shy and rarely meets people. It lives on remote, hot clay plains, which is why bites are very rare.1

Viva en

Semiarid central-eastern Australia, near the border of Queensland and South Australia, with an isolated population near Coober Pedy1

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

It lives on cracking-clay plains in semiarid country and in remote areas, such as the Channel Country of south-western Queensland and the Tirari and Sturt Stony deserts of South Australia. It inhabits remote areas, so it rarely comes into contact with people.1

Lunghezza

2,5 m (8,2 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds almost exclusively on small to medium-sized mammals, especially rodents such as the long-haired rat, plains rat and house mouse, and some dasyurid marsupials. It attacks quickly at close range, biting up to eight times in one attack and holding its prey with its body.1

Foto da Inland taipan — Inland taipan. Foto: XLerate. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Typically dark tan overall, ranging from rich dark brown to brownish light green depending on the season.1
Many scales have broad blackish edges, forming broken chevron-like markings that slope backwards and downwards on the body.1
The head, snout and neck are darker than the body: glossy black in winter and dark brown in summer.1
Scales are smooth, without keels, arranged in 23 rows at midbody.1
Adults average about 180 cm in total length, and larger individuals can reach 250 cm.1

Savens confundì cun: The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) is a close relative. The inland taipan's fangs are somewhat shorter, at about 3.5 to 6.2 mm. The coastal taipan lives closer to populated coastal regions and is more often met by people.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 extremely toxic and is particularly adapted to killing warm-blooded animals. Tests in laboratory mice and on human heart cell cultures show it is more toxic than the venom of any tested sea snake. A single bite is estimated to contain enough venom to kill more than 100 adult humans. In prey, the venom causes almost immediate incapacitation.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

Its venom is among the most potent of any snake, but it is usually shy, reclusive and placid, and it rarely comes into contact with people because it lives in remote areas. The coastal taipan is considered the more dangerous species in practice because of its behaviour around people and its closer proximity to populated coastal regions.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It is usually shy and reclusive, with a generally placid disposition.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.
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 2,5 chauns dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 14 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 43 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Inland taipan 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)

Inland taipan circa 8,3 km/h (5,2 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

A single bite is estimated to contain enough venom to kill more than 100 adult humans.1

Based on lab tests in mice, it is widely regarded as the most venomous snake in the world.1

It was thought to be lost to science for almost 90 years, until it was rediscovered in 1972.1

Its darkness changes with the seasons: it is darker in winter, which helps it absorb heat, and paler in summer.1

Its name "fierce" refers to the strength of its venom, not to its temperament.1

In captivity it usually lives 10 to 15 years, and one at Australia Zoo reportedly lived for more than 20 years.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The "fierce" in its name means it is an aggressive snake.

Vardad: The word "fierce" refers to how strong its venom is. The snake is usually shy and placid.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Gruppa: Serps australianas
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Poppins: It lays eggs, typically clutches of 10 to 24, usually in abandoned mammal burrows or deep rock crevices.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira: Least concern (IUCN Red List, 2018). It is presumed extinct in New South Wales and regionally extinct in Victoria.1
Privel per umans: 5 / 5: Mortal3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Inland taipan (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Oxyuranus microlepidotus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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