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New Guinea small-eyed snake

Micropechis ikaheka
Ka lebitso: The name ikaheca means "land eel" in a local West Papuan dialect, which reflects its liking for damp and semi-aquatic places.1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Dinoha tsa Australia Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The New Guinea small-eyed snake, Micropechis ikaheka, is a highly venomous snake that lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It is the only species in its genus, and it is known for causing many deadly bites, especially on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its bites are a serious medical concern in the places where it lives.1

E phela
New Guinea and nearby islands, including Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea, Karkar, Manam and Walis Islands, and parts of Indonesia1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
It lives in damp or semi-aquatic places such as swamps, creeks, wetlands, low-lying rainforest and piles of plant debris, including oil palm windrows and coconut palm husk piles. People often meet it on plantations, where it shelters in husk piles during the day. It may also cross roads at night after rain.1
Bolelele
2,1 m (6,9 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts small vertebrates, including small rodents and bandicoots, ground-dwelling lizards such as skinks, and other snakes, such as the New Guinea ground boa. It is also cannibalistic, meaning it eats other members of its own species.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya New Guinea small-eyed snake
New Guinea small-eyed snake. Foto: no rights reserved. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Thick, heavy body with smooth scales1
  • Small eyes, typical of burrowing snakes1
  • Body colour ranges from pale yellow to brown, with little or no banding in some populations1
  • Some populations are strongly banded along the whole body, and some are almost black1
  • Mostly active at night or at dusk1

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 strong enough that it is considered a dangerous snake. Common symptoms include local muscle pain and tenderness, fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, headache, low blood pressure and spontaneous bleeding. In severe cases, the venom also affects the nerves and muscles, causing drooping eyelids, slurred speech and jaw locking, and death can result from respiratory paralysis (when the muscles used for breathing stop working).1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

This snake has been linked to many fatal bites. The first proven human death occurred in 1958 in Wau, Papua New Guinea, where a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the base of the thumb while handling the snake. It causes about 40% of snake envenomations on Karkar Island, but less than 10% on the mainland, where death adders cause most snakebites. Plantation workers are most at risk, especially when moving husk piles, cutting grass, walking on plantation tracks or harvesting cocoa beans.1

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

Although it is normally shy, it becomes highly aggressive when disturbed, for example if it is handled or stepped on, and then it strikes quickly and readily. Its bite is tenacious and chewing, and it is not easily released.1

Haeba e loma

  • 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?

New Guinea small-eyed snake bolelele ba e ka bang 2,1 m (6,9 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 telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 12 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 46 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

New Guinea small-eyed snake 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

A bite from this snake was linked to a human death in 1958, when a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the thumb while handling it.1

2

It is cannibalistic, and it also hunts rodents, lizards and other snakes.1

3

On Karkar Island, where it is common, it is called the "white snake" because of its pale colouring.1

4

Its name, ikaheca, means "land eel" in a local West Papuan language.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: A dead snake is harmless and cannot bite.

Nnete: A villager was bitten on the thumb by a snake he had reportedly killed, possibly because of a reflex action after death. Dead snakes can still bite, so they should be handled with care.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Micropechis ikaheka
Sehlopha
Dinoha tsa Australia
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), as most elapids do. The number of eggs is not known from the available information.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Micropechis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micropechis ikaheka (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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