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Papuan black snake

Pseudechis papuanus

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

Serps australianas

Morsas

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

The Papuan black snake is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern New Guinea and nearby islands. It is mostly black with blue-grey underparts. Its venom attacks the nerves, so a bite needs urgent medical care.1

Viva en

Southern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia), nearby offshore islands, and Boigu and Saibai Islands in Australia's Torres Strait1

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

It lives in southern New Guinea and offshore islands. People are often bitten while walking through long kunai grass, where the snake is hard to see.1

Lunghezza

1,2 m fin 2,4 m (3,9 ft fin 8 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 8,1 km/h (5 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Co renconuscher el

Solidly built, with a wide, round head and a slight neck1
Head and upperparts are dull or glossy black, or occasionally dark brown1
Underparts are blue-grey or gunmetal grey1
Neck is whitish with yellow and grey tinges1
Usually 1.2 to 1.7 m long, occasionally more than 2 m1

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 the most potent of all black snakes in the genus Pseudechis. Unlike other black snakes, it is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Muscle weakness and paralysis can develop within 2 to 21 hours of a bite, and this can be life-threatening.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is widely feared in Papua New Guinea's Central Province, but it causes only a small minority of snakebites there. The more dangerous taipan causes far more.1

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

Sch'el morda

Get to a hospital quickly, because delaying treatment can be dangerous. The venom can be treated with CSL black snake antivenom, and intubation (a breathing tube) may be needed if breathing is affected.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 5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 14 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 44 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Papuan black 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)

Papuan black snake circa 8,1 km/h (5 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

The Mekeo people call it auguma, meaning "to bite again", because it often bites repeatedly.1

The Kiwai people believe it is sent by a magic-man to kill enemies, and bitten people sometimes seek a magic-man instead of going to hospital.1

Some local people in New Guinea believe it and the taipan are opposite sexes of the same species.1

The first documented survivor of a bite was a young man treated in New Guinea in 1959, using antivenom made from its venom.1

Its venom was first extracted for science by Australian herpetologist Ken Slater in the mid-1950s, and sent to Melbourne for antivenom research.1

Its range has shrunk because of habitat destruction, killing by locals and poisoning by the introduced cane toad.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is the most dangerous snake in Papua New Guinea's Central Province.

Vardad: It causes only a small minority of snakebites there, which the more dangerous taipan outnumbers.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Pseudechis papuanus
Gruppa: Serps australianas
Famiglia: Elapidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Papuan black snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Pseudechis papuanus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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