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Belcher's sea snake

Hydrophis belcheri
Nezvezita: 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
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakuruma, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

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

Inogara mu
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reChina yeKumaodzanyemba, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia3
Kumba
People most often meet this snake when handling fishing nets, which is when most of its bites happen.1
Kureba
50 cm kusvika 1 m (1,6 ft kusvika 3,3 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBelcher's sea snake
Belcher's sea snake. Mufananidzo: Rasmussen AR. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Kana ikaruma

  • Kusunga nekumisa (pressure immobilisation): monera bhandeji rinotambanuka zvakasimba pamusoro peparumwa wozokwira nenhengo yose, isungirire nechitsigiso (splint), uye chengeta munhu asingafambe zvachose kusvikira rubatsiro rwasvika.
  • Budisa munhu mumvura umuendese kuchipatara nokukurumidza.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Belcher's sea snake kunenge 1 m kureba (3,3 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)Munhu mukuru kunenge 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 2 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 6 akateedzanainogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 47

Belcher's sea snake yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

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

Kuputsa ngano

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

Chokwadi: 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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Hydrophis belcheri
Boka
Nyoka dzegungwa
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reChina yeKumaodzanyemba, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia, Makungwa makuru
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Hydrophis belcheri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrophis belcheri (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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