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Red-headed krait

Bungarus flaviceps
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.
Cobras, mambas e kraits MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The red-headed krait is a large, highly venomous snake with a striking look: a bright red head and tail and a glossy black body. It lives in lowland rain forests across Southeast Asia, including on some islands, and it is uncommon. It is a night-time hunter, and people rarely meet it.1

Viva en
Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and parts of Indonesia1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives in rain forests in lowland, hilly and mountainous areas, including some islands. It is hardly ever found near human homes.1
Lunghezza
1,2 m fin 2,1 m (3,9 ft fin 6,9 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians (legless amphibians), small mammals and snake eggs. It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes.1
Propi!Foto da Red-headed krait
Red-headed krait. Foto: Henning Larsen. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • A bright red head and tail1
  • A black body with a narrow bluish white stripe along the side1
  • Large, smooth, glossy scales1
  • Adults can reach 2.1 metres, with an average of 1.2 to 1.5 metres1

Savens confundì cun: It is similar to the blue Malayan coral snake, which is also venomous, and to the nonvenomous red-headed reed snake.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 a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, causing paralysis. Victims can stop breathing, which can lead to death by asphyxiation. Between 20 minutes and several hours after a bite, drooping eyelids may appear, along with double vision, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, headache and excess saliva. Symptoms can then worsen as more muscles, including the jaw, become paralysed, and breathing can become difficult.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Bites are reported rarely, and the venom is little studied for this reason. It is not usually considered high risk to people in the daytime, because it is sluggish and hides. At night it is active and extremely dangerous.1

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed, it presses its head into the ground or hides its head within its flattened or rolled coils. Captives will generally refuse to strike until they have been teased for a long time.1

Sch'el morda

  • Get to a hospital fast. Neurotoxic symptoms can be treated in hospital with antivenin or with drugs that inactivate acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the chemical messenger between nerves and muscles. Symptoms may also settle on their own.1
  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital: l'antiserum è il tractament.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Red-headed krait circa 2,1 m lung (6,9 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 12 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 46 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Red-headed krait cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its venom contains a novel toxin called κ-flavitoxin, which blocks nicotinic transmission in autonomic ganglia, clusters of nerve cells that control automatic body functions.1

2

It has short, hollow fangs at the front of its upper jaw, and venom is forced out through a hole near the tip of each fang.1

3

It is partly aquatic and mainly active at night.1

4

It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes, but its diet is now known to be much wider.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It only eats other snakes.

Vardad: Its diet includes skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians, small mammals and snake eggs, as well as snakes.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Bungarus flaviceps
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Red-headed krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bungarus flaviceps (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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