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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Coastal taipan
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Coastal taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus
E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse bolayang ka ho fetisisa Lefatsheng. Ha e ka o loma, bitsa thuso hang-hang.Thuso e potlakileng le antivenom di pholosa batho ba bangata. Letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso hang-hang.
Dinoha tsa Australia Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

The coastal taipan is one of the most feared snakes in Australia. It is a large, fast snake with a powerful venom, and it lives along the coasts of northern and eastern Australia and on the island of New Guinea. It is one of the reasons snake bite safety matters so much in these areas.1

E phela
Northern and eastern Australia (north-western Western Australia, Northern Territory, Cape York, eastern Queensland, northern New South Wales) and southern New Guinea1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
It lives in warm, wet coastal regions, monsoon forests, open woodland and grassy areas, including grazing paddocks and disused rubbish tips. It has adapted well to sugarcane fields, where it feeds on rodents. It shelters in abandoned animal burrows, hollow logs and piles of vegetation and litter.1
Bolelele
1,5 m ho isa ho 2,9 m (4,9 ft ho isa ho 9,5 ft)1
Boima
6,5 kg (14 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It mainly eats rats, mice and bandicoots, and will take birds when it has the chance. It scans for prey with its good eyesight, freezes when it finds a target, then strikes with several quick bites and releases the prey, which staggers away. This keeps the snake safer from retaliation by rats.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Coastal taipan
Coastal taipan. Foto: Sardaka. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Light olive or reddish-brown upperparts, sometimes dark grey to black1
  • Paler sides and a creamy-white to pale yellow belly, often marked with orange or pink flecks1
  • Long, narrow head with an angular brow and a lighter-coloured face1
  • Large, round, light brown or hazel eyes with large pupils1
  • Typically about 2.0 m long as an adult, with a slender body1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It is often confused with the eastern brown snake, northern brown snake and king brown snake. The coastal taipan has a larger head and a narrow neck, and a lighter face and snout. In the other species, the head and neck are the same width.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, and it is also coagulopathic, which means it disturbs blood clotting. In a recorded bite case, the victim became unwell within 15 to 30 minutes, with drooping eyelids, nausea and difficulty breathing. Some victims have also lost their sense of smell for a time.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in the region and is classified by the World Health Organization as a snake of medical importance. Several deaths were recorded from its bites in the 1930s and 1940s, and more were added later as historical cases.1

Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It tends to avoid confrontation but becomes highly defensive if provoked.1

Haeba e loma

  • Any suspected bite needs urgent medical care. In one recorded case, the bitten man was taken to hospital, where he was given fluids and tiger snake antivenom, and he recovered after 19 days in hospital.1
  • Pressure immobilisation: phuthela bandeje e tiileng e huduhang (elastiki) hodima moo e lomileng teng ebe o nyolla setho sohle, o se tlame ka splint (lepolanka la ho se tshehetsa), mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe ho hang ho fihlela thuso e fihla.
  • O se ke wa hlatswa moo e lomileng teng: dipetlele di ka hlahloba chefo e setseng letlalong ho kgetha antivenom e nepahetseng.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Coastal taipan bolelele ba e ka bang 2,9 m (9,5 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 1,5
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 16 tse latellanange boima jwaloka katse ya lapenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 41 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Coastal taipan e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

The longest recorded coastal taipan was 2.9 m long and weighed 6.5 kg, and larger specimens of up to 3.3 m are widely believed to exist.1

2

Its hunting method, freezing, striking and releasing prey, is similar to that of the African black mamba.1

3

It is the second-longest venomous snake in Australia, after the king brown snake.1

4

Newly hatched young grow quickly, reaching about 1.0 m in their first year.1

5

It may have become more common since cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The snake hides in trees and drops onto people, and it chases people for hours.

Nnete: Stories of it hiding in trees and dropping on victims were spread in newspapers and books, but snake handlers say it is shy and avoids confrontation. It only becomes highly defensive when provoked.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Oxyuranus scutellatus
Sehlopha
Dinoha tsa Australia
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
It lays a clutch of 7 to 20 eggs. The eggs take 60 to 80 days to hatch, and the young are 30 to 34 cm long.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern (IUCN)1
Kotsi ho batho
5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Coastal taipan (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Oxyuranus scutellatus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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