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South American coral snake

Micrurus lemniscatus
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.
Serps da coral MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The South American coral snake is a thin, brightly coloured venomous snake. It lives only in South America, from Argentina to Venezuela. It is nocturnal, so it is most active at night, and its venom is strong enough to be dangerous to people.1

Viva en
Northern and eastern South America, from Argentina to Venezuela, including Brazil, Colombia and the Guianas1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives in humid and lowland forests, open savannas, gallery forests and lowland floodplains. It is also found in cleared land and near human homes, especially in damp areas or near a water source. It is found from near sea level up to 1,000 m.1
Lunghezza
60 cm fin 1,4 m (2 ft fin 4,8 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats mainly long-bodied animals such as freshwater eels, gymnotiform fishes, caecilians, lizards and other snakes.1
Propi!Foto da South American coral snake
South American coral snake. Foto: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • The snout is black, followed by a narrow white band in front of the eyes and a wider black band across the eyes.1
  • The rest of the head is red, and the body has broad red rings.1
  • Between the red rings are 7 to 17 groups of three black and two white rings.1
  • The tail has two of these black and white groups.1
  • It is thin, and adults are usually 60 to 90 cm long, tail included.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 strong neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It acts both before and after the nerve connects to the muscle, and it causes a strong, permanent block of nerve signals to the muscles in vertebrates. A muscle-damaging toxin called lemnitoxin has also been isolated from the venom.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is not aggressive towards people, but it can bite to defend itself. The estimated lethal dose for an adult human is 5 to 7 mg of venom (dry weight). In laboratory milking, the average venom yield was 8 to 10 mg and the largest was 27 mg.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It is not aggressive, but it can attack to defend itself when threatened.1

Sch'el morda

  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta e va spert en in ospital, era sche la morsa para pitschna: ils sintoms pon cumenzar uras pli tard.

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?

South American coral snake circa 1,4 m lung (4,8 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 71 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è South American coral snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

The venom of this snake is strong enough to cause paralysis, because it blocks nerve signals to the muscles.1

2

It is one of the few snakes whose diet includes freshwater eels and gymnotiform fishes.1

3

It is nocturnal and digs in loose soil or leaf litter, so it spends much of its time hidden underground.1

4

It can live in disturbed land and near human homes, not only in deep forest.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Coral snakes are aggressive and will attack people.

Vardad: This snake is not aggressive towards people. It only bites to defend itself.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Micrurus lemniscatus
Gruppa
Serps da coral
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Sid
Poppins
It lays eggs, with a clutch of possibly 20 eggs.1
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Micrurus lemniscatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus lemniscatus (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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