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Turtle-headed sea snake

Emydocephalus annulatus
Nezvezita: It is named for its short, blunt head.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Nyoka dzegungwa InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The turtle-headed sea snake is a medium-sized sea snake with a short, blunt head. It lives in warm waters around northern Australia and some Pacific islands, including the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. It is special because it is the only sea snake known to eat fish eggs, and it has no palatal teeth.1

Inogara mu
Waters of Oceania near Australia, the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia1
Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa reTimor neArafura
Kumba
It lives on coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef and the Timor Sea reefs. It is often found hiding among the coral, and snorkellers can see it in protected reef areas such as the New Caledonian Lagoon.1
Kureba
1 m (3,4 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It feeds only on fish eggs, mainly from demersal fish that attach their eggs to the seabed, such as damselfish, blennies and gobies. It eats small, frequent meals rather than large, infrequent ones. Larger snakes are more likely to eat damselfish eggs, which lie in exposed areas.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waTurtle-headed sea snake
Turtle-headed sea snake. Mufananidzo: IG: divecycle. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Short, blunt head, which gives it its name1
  • Medium-sized with a slender body1
  • Colour varies: one snake may be a single colour or have white or yellow bands with dark rings1
  • Large, regular scales on top of the head1
  • 15 to 17 rows of smooth, overlapping body scales1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

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?

Turtle-headed sea snake kunenge 1 m kureba (3,4 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

Turtle-headed sea snake yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

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Chokwadi

1

It is the only sea snake that does not have palatal teeth.1

2

Its feeding method has been compared to that of a grazing mammal.1

3

Algae growing on the body can slow the snake by up to 20%. Darker, plain snakes collect more algae than paler, patterned ones.1

4

Males find females by sight and by tongue-flicking, because pheromones do not travel well in water.1

5

Females grow larger than males, and males have much rougher scales.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Emydocephalus annulatus
Boka
Nyoka dzegungwa
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Makungwa makuru
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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