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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Uruguayan coral snake
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Uruguayan coral snake

Micrurus altirostris
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Dinoha tsa coral Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The Uruguayan coral snake is a venomous snake that lives in southeastern South America. It mostly keeps to forest, where it hunts on the ground among fallen leaves. Its venom is potent, so it is a snake to keep well away from.1

E phela
Northeastern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Uruguay1
Amerika Borwa
Lapeng
Its preferred habitat is forest. It is also found, less often, in savanna and grassland. It lives from near sea level up to around 400 m.1
Bolelele
80 cm (2,6 ft)3
boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It preys on amphisbaenians (worm lizards) and other snakes.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Uruguayan coral snake
Uruguayan coral snake. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • A venomous snake of the family Elapidae1
  • Lives on the ground and forages in plant litter (fallen leaves and debris)1
  • Found only in the southeastern South American countries listed above1

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?

It has a potent venom. In a laboratory, live snakes were milked for their venom, and the average yield was 8–10 mg.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

Its venom is potent. The estimated lethal dose for an adult human is 5–7 mg.1

Haeba e loma

  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele, leha moo e lomileng teng ho shebahala ho le honyenyane: matshwao a ka qala dihora hamorao.

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?

Uruguayan coral snake bolelele ba e ka bang 80 cm (2,6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 1,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 71 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Uruguayan coral 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

Its prey includes worm lizards (amphisbaenians), which are burrowing reptiles that look a little like worms.1

2

It searches for food in the leaf litter on the forest floor.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Micrurus altirostris
Sehlopha
Dinoha tsa coral
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Borwa
Masea
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Micrurus altirostris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus altirostris (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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