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Rough-scaled snake

Tropidechis carinatus
Davart il num: The name comes from its mid-body scales, which are raised into ridges called keels and have a rough texture.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 rough-scaled snake is a brown or olive Australian snake with a bad temper. It is highly venomous, so it is one to keep well away from. It lives in rainforests and wet forests along the east coast, from mid-eastern New South Wales to the far north of Queensland.1

Viva en
Eastern Australia, from mid-eastern New South Wales to the tip of far-north Queensland1
Australia ed Oceania
Pagina iniziala
It lives in rainforests, moist open forests and waterways. It is active both day and night, and it can climb trees to hunt.1
Lunghezza
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats small vertebrates, including frogs, lizards, small mammals and birds. It mostly hunts at ground level but can climb trees to catch prey.1
Propi!Foto da Rough-scaled snake
Rough-scaled snake. Foto: Donald Fischer. CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Brown to olive in colour, with narrow, irregular cross-bands or blotches of darker brown1
  • Belly is greenish-grey or olive-cream, often with darker blotches1
  • Mid-body scales have raised keels, which give a rough, ridged look1
  • Grows to around 70 cm in length1

Savens confundì cun: Its colouring and raised scales can cause confusion with the keelback snake, which is not venomous.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 fast-acting, powerful neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It contains both post-synaptic and pre-synaptic neurotoxins, which affect nerve signals in different ways. It also contains potent coagulants, which affect blood clotting, and myotoxins, which damage muscle.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is highly venomous. It will readily bite if attacked or handled, and several people have died from bites by this species.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It will strike rapidly when it feels threatened, and it bites readily if attacked or handled.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Rough-scaled snake circa 70 cm lung (2,3 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 55 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Rough-scaled snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

It can climb trees to pursue prey, not just move along the ground.1

2

It is active both day and night, which means it can be met at any time.1

3

Its colouring and scales look similar to the non-venomous keelback snake, which can lead to confusion.1

4

Its closest relative is the tiger snake, according to a 2016 genetic analysis.1

Per experts da tissi

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

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Rough-scaled snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tropidechis carinatus (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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