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Stephens' banded snake

Hoplocephalus stephensii
Davart il num: Its scientific name, stephensii, honours the Australian academic William John Stephens.1
Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Serps australianas MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Stephens' banded snake is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only on the east coast of Australia. It is highly venomous, and its venom affects the blood, so it is one of the snakes that people should give plenty of space. It spends most of its life high in the trees of forests.1

Viva en
East coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland (Kroombit Tops) to the Gosford area of New South Wales1
Australia ed Oceania
Pagina iniziala
It lives in high-rainfall remnant forests, away from human activity, up to 950 m above sea level. It usually rests about 20 m up in canopy trees, often in tree hollows, and may also live on the ground.1
Lunghezza
25 cm fin 1,2 m (9,8 in fin 3,9 ft)1
Paisa
250 g (9 oz)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It is a nocturnal predator that hunts both by actively searching and by ambush. It often coils among rodent nests in tree hollows and waits for prey to return. It mainly eats frogs, small lizards, bush rats, mice and pygmy possums, and it hunts juveniles because its mouth is too small for adult prey.1
Propi!Foto da Stephens' banded snake
Stephens' banded snake. Foto: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Alternating bands of grey or black and dirty-white along the back, with over 40 of each colour from the back of the head to the tip of the tail1
  • A flat, mostly dirty-white belly, with occasional grey splotches towards the head and tail1
  • A dark brown top of the head, with pale blotches or bars along the lips1
  • A slender body with a broadened, arrow-shaped head1
  • Mostly active at night, and often found in tree hollows high in the canopy1

Savens confundì cun: Its closest relatives are the broad-headed snake, which shares its coastal range, and the pale-headed snake, which lives further inland. All three are tree-dwelling snakes in the same genus.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 procoagulant, meaning it makes blood clot. It contains prothrombinase, which triggers the production of thrombin in the blood, causing tiny clots throughout the body. Symptoms include nausea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and sweating. If left untreated, the clotting leads to excessive bleeding as blood vessels rupture.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

It is described as a ready biter, and its envenoming is potentially fatal. Only one death has been recorded: an elderly man in his 60s in Kalang, New South Wales, whose rescue was delayed by torrential rain and floods.1

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It is described as nervous and defensive towards other animals, and it is a ready biter when threatened.1

Sch'el morda

  • Victims have been successfully treated with up to four doses of 3,000 unit tiger snake antivenom. The wounded person must be transported to hospital for medical treatment.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Stephens' banded snake circa 1,2 m lung (3,9 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 2 bananas
uschè lung sco 2,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 7 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 55 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Stephens' banded snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is one of the few mainly tree-dwelling elapid snakes in Australia.1

2

A single individual may use up to 30 different trees within its range.1

3

It hibernates, or brumates, for up to five months through winter inside a tree hollow.1

4

Males may use home ranges averaging 20.2 hectares, while females average 5.4 hectares.1

5

It is the largest species in the genus Hoplocephalus, and females are usually larger than males.1

6

It is slow to mature, with males reaching sexual maturity at three years and females at four years.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Hoplocephalus stephensii
Gruppa
Serps australianas
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Australia ed Oceania
Poppins
It gives birth to live young, with between one and nine offspring per litter. Females are only pregnant every two years.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Near Threatened (IUCN Red List)1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Stephens's banded snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hoplocephalus stephensii (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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