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Papuan black snake

Pseudechis papuanus
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba ikurumye, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

The Papuan black snake is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern New Guinea and nearby islands. It is mostly black with blue-grey underparts. Its venom attacks the nerves, so a bite needs urgent medical care.1

Iba muri
Southern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia), nearby offshore islands, and Boigu and Saibai Islands in Australia's Torres Strait1
Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya
Ahabanza
It lives in southern New Guinea and offshore islands. People are often bitten while walking through long kunai grass, where the snake is hard to see.1
Uburebure
1,2 m kugeza kuri 2,4 m (3,9 ft kugeza kuri 8 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 8,1 km/h (5 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Uko wayimenya

  • Solidly built, with a wide, round head and a slight neck1
  • Head and upperparts are dull or glossy black, or occasionally dark brown1
  • Underparts are blue-grey or gunmetal grey1
  • Neck is whitish with yellow and grey tinges1
  • Usually 1.2 to 1.7 m long, occasionally more than 2 m1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom is the most potent of all black snakes in the genus Pseudechis. Unlike other black snakes, it is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Muscle weakness and paralysis can develop within 2 to 21 hours of a bite, and this can be life-threatening.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

It is widely feared in Papua New Guinea's Central Province, but it causes only a small minority of snakebites there. The more dangerous taipan causes far more.1

Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1

Niba iruma

  • Get to a hospital quickly, because delaying treatment can be dangerous. The venom can be treated with CSL black snake antivenom, and intubation (a breathing tube) may be needed if breathing is affected.1
  • 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.
  • Ntugasukure aho yarumye ukoresheje amazi: ibitaro bishobora gupima ubumara bwasigaye ku ruhu kugira ngo bihitemo umuti urwanya ubumara (antivenom) ukwiye.

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?

Papuan black snake ireshya hafi 2,4 m (8 ft)Igare ry'umuntu mukuru hafi 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imodoka hafi 4,5 m (15 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 5 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 14 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 44 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Papuan black 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

The Mekeo people call it auguma, meaning "to bite again", because it often bites repeatedly.1

2

The Kiwai people believe it is sent by a magic-man to kill enemies, and bitten people sometimes seek a magic-man instead of going to hospital.1

3

Some local people in New Guinea believe it and the taipan are opposite sexes of the same species.1

4

The first documented survivor of a bite was a young man treated in New Guinea in 1959, using antivenom made from its venom.1

5

Its venom was first extracted for science by Australian herpetologist Ken Slater in the mid-1950s, and sent to Melbourne for antivenom research.1

6

Its range has shrunk because of habitat destruction, killing by locals and poisoning by the introduced cane toad.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: It is the most dangerous snake in Papua New Guinea's Central Province.

Ukuri: It causes only a small minority of snakebites there, which the more dangerous taipan outnumbers.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Pseudechis papuanus
Itsinda
Inzoka zo muri Ositaraliya
Umuryango
Elapidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Papuan black snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudechis papuanus (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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