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Gwardar

Pseudonaja mengdeni
Nezvezita: The scientific name Pseudonaja mengdeni honours Mengden, the person the species is named after; the name gwardar is one of its common names.1
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakuruma, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Nyoka dzekuAustralia InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The gwardar, also called Mengden's brown snake or the western brown snake, is a venomous snake found in dry parts of Australia. It is considered dangerously venomous, and its bite can cause severe symptoms that may lead to death.1

Inogara mu
Endemic to Australia: from the coast of Western Australia through central Australia to north-west New South Wales and western Queensland1
Australia neOceania
Kumba
It lives in dry to arid areas, including woodlands, spinifex deserts, sandplains, stony plains, croplands and grasslands. It is often found within fallen timber, dead trees, shrubs, native grasses and ground cavities.1
Kureba
2 m (6,6 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It preys on small reptiles, mammals, other snakes, ground-nesting birds and bird eggs.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waGwardar
Gwardar. Mufananidzo: Carl-st205. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Highly variable in colour, from light brown to almost black1
  • Two distinct forms: 'orange with black head' and 'pale head, grey nape'1
  • Scales on the head often form a black V or W pattern1
  • Cream, yellow, orange or grey belly, often with dark orange or grey blotches1
  • Slender body and narrow head, with a large strap-like scale around the front of the snout1

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: It is often confused with the eastern brown snake, which has a pink mouth lining, and the northern brown snake, which has a purplish or blue-black mouth lining. It is also confused with other brown snakes and the black-headed python. Telling species apart reliably requires scale counts, which should only be done by an experienced herpetologist.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom is neurotoxic, which attacks the nerves, and haemotoxic, which affects the blood. Its symptoms are severe and potentially fatal.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

It is considered dangerously venomous. Its bite can cause severe symptoms resulting in death. A scratch from its fangs can still be fatal.1

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When threatened, it raises the front part of its body into an S-shape, lifts its head off the ground and opens its mouth.1

Kana ikaruma

  • First aid must be applied and medical attention sought straight away. Brown snake antivenom is the treatment used in case of envenoming.1
  • Kusunga nekumisa (pressure immobilisation): monera bhandeji rinotambanuka zvakasimba pamusoro peparumwa wozokwira nenhengo yose, isungirire nechitsigiso (splint), uye chengeta munhu asingafambe zvachose kusvikira rubatsiro rwasvika.
  • Usageza parumwa: zvipatara zvinogona kuongorora uturu hwasara paganda kuti zvisarudze antivenom (mushonga weuturu) chaiwo.

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?

Gwardar kunenge 2 m kureba (6,6 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Motokari kunenge 4,5 m (15 ft)
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 4 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 11 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 48 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Gwardar yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It is mainly active during the day, though it can be active on warm nights.1

2

Hybridisation between Pseudonaja species makes identifying them difficult.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Pseudonaja mengdeni
Boka
Nyoka dzekuAustralia
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Australia neOceania
Vacheche
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs, with up to more than 12 eggs per clutge.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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