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Rough-scaled snake

Tropidechis carinatus
Ka lebitso: The name comes from its mid-body scales, which are raised into ridges called keels and have a rough texture.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 rough-scaled snake is a brown or olive Australian snake with a bad temper. It is highly venomous, so it is one to keep well away from. It lives in rainforests and wet forests along the east coast, from mid-eastern New South Wales to the far north of Queensland.1

E phela
Eastern Australia, from mid-eastern New South Wales to the tip of far-north Queensland1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
It lives in rainforests, moist open forests and waterways. It is active both day and night, and it can climb trees to hunt.1
Bolelele
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats small vertebrates, including frogs, lizards, small mammals and birds. It mostly hunts at ground level but can climb trees to catch prey.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Rough-scaled snake
Rough-scaled snake. Foto: Donald Fischer. CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Brown to olive in colour, with narrow, irregular cross-bands or blotches of darker brown1
  • Belly is greenish-grey or olive-cream, often with darker blotches1
  • Mid-body scales have raised keels, which give a rough, ridged look1
  • Grows to around 70 cm in length1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Its colouring and raised scales can cause confusion with the keelback snake, which is not venomous.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 a fast-acting, powerful neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It contains both post-synaptic and pre-synaptic neurotoxins, which affect nerve signals in different ways. It also contains potent coagulants, which affect blood clotting, and myotoxins, which damage muscle.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

It is highly venomous. It will readily bite if attacked or handled, and several people have died from bites by this species.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It will strike rapidly when it feels threatened, and it bites readily if attacked or handled.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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Rough-scaled snake bolelele ba e ka bang 70 cm (2,3 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 55 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Rough-scaled 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

It can climb trees to pursue prey, not just move along the ground.1

2

It is active both day and night, which means it can be met at any time.1

3

Its colouring and scales look similar to the non-venomous keelback snake, which can lead to confusion.1

4

Its closest relative is the tiger snake, according to a 2016 genetic analysis.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Tropidechis carinatus
Sehlopha
Dinoha tsa Australia
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Rough-scaled snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tropidechis carinatus (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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