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Belcher's sea snake

Hydrophis belcheri
Ibyerekeye izina: The genus name Hydrophis comes from Greek words meaning water and serpent. The species name belcheri honours Sir Edward Belcher, the naval officer who collected the first specimen.1
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba ikurumye, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

Belcher's sea snake is a sea snake with very strong venom. It has a shy nature and usually bites only when it is badly mistreated. Fishermen handling nets are the people most often bitten.1

Iba muri
Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja ya Andamani, Inyanja y'Amajyepfo y'u Bushinwa, Inyanja ya Arabiya n'Ikigobe cy'Ubuperesi3
Ahabanza
People most often meet this snake when handling fishing nets, which is when most of its bites happen.1
Uburebure
50 cm kugeza kuri 1 m (1,6 ft kugeza kuri 3,3 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Koga, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Koko!Ifoto ya Belcher's sea snake
Belcher's sea snake. Ifoto: Rasmussen AR. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • Usually chrome yellowish in colour, with dark greenish crossbands on the body1
  • The dorsal pattern does not extend onto the belly1
  • Short head with bands of the same colours1
  • Adults are about 50 to 100 cm long1
  • Out of water, the body looks faintly yellow1

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It has been mistakenly called the hook-nosed sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa), which is a different species. It has also once been called the blue-banded sea snake, which is a common name for Hydrophis cyanocinctus.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Not much is known about this species' venom. Its LD50 in mice, the dose that kills half of the test animals, is 0.24 mg/kg when injected into muscle.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

It is described as extremely venomous. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, and only about one quarter of those bitten are envenomated, meaning venom is injected, because the snake rarely injects much venom.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

It has a timid temperament and would normally have to be severely mistreated before it bites.1

Niba iruma

  • Gupfuka ukanda no kudanyeganyeza (pressure immobilisation): zingira bande ikweduka kandi ifashe neza hejuru y'aho yarumye, hanyuma uzamuke ku rugingo rwose, urushyireho agati ko kurukomeza (attelle), kandi umuntu agume atanyeganyega na gato kugeza ubutabazi buhageze.
  • Kura umuntu mu mazi kandi umujyane ku bitaro vuba.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Belcher's sea snake ireshya hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)Umuntu mukuru hafi 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 2 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 6 ikurikiranyeyakoga uburebure bw'ikidendezi kinini (metero 50) mu masegonda 47

Belcher's sea snake ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Unlike most snakes, its scales overlap each other.1

2

Each dorsal scale has a central tubercle, which is a small raised bump.1

3

Its mouth is very small, which suits life in the water.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: Belcher's sea snake, often called the hook-nosed sea snake, is the most venomous snake in the world.

Ukuri: This idea spread from a 1996 book, which lumped together toxicity results from different test methods. Venoms can only be compared within the same testing method. The most venomous sea snake is Dubois' seasnake (Aipysurus duboisii).1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Hydrophis belcheri
Itsinda
Inzoka zo mu nyanja
Umuryango
Elapidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja ya Andamani, Inyanja y'Amajyepfo y'u Bushinwa, Inyanja ya Arabiya n'Ikigobe cy'Ubuperesi, Inyanja ngari
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Hydrophis belcheri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrophis belcheri (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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