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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi
Ibyerekeye izina: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Inzoka za korali IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

Mertens' coral snake is a venomous snake with bold red, black and white or yellow rings. It lives in northwestern South America, in Ecuador and Peru. It is one of the larger coral snakes of its group.1

Iba muri
Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Ahabanza
It lives in forest, shrubland and desert, from near sea level up to 2,400 m. It is usually found near a river or stream.1
Uburebure
50 cm kugeza kuri 1,1 m (1,6 ft kugeza kuri 3,7 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It hunts other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy. Its prey includes blind snakes such as Epictia subcrotilla and the venomous pit viper Bothrops pictus.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Mertens' coral snake
Mertens' coral snake. Ifoto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Banded with red, black and white (or yellow) rings1
  • The red rings are the widest bands1
  • The black rings are slightly narrower and are not arranged in triads (groups of three)1
  • The white or yellow rings are the narrowest and separate the red from the black1
  • Adults are usually 50 to 80 cm long, with the tail included1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The lethal dose for an adult human is unknown. Scientists obtaining venom from this snake (called milking) got an average of 2 mg of dry venom.1

Niba iruma

  • Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, mujye ku bitaro vuba, nubwo aho yarumwe hasa nk'ahato: ibimenyetso bishobora gutangira nyuma y'amasaha.

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?

Mertens' coral snake ireshya hafi 1,1 m (3,7 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 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 73 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Mertens' coral 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

It eats other snakes, including a venomous pit viper.1

2

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Micrurus mertensi
Itsinda
Inzoka za korali
Umuryango
Elapidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Abana bato
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

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