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Amazonian coral snake

Micrurus spixii
Kuhusu jina: The specific name spixii honours the German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.1
Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikuuma, tafuta msaada haraka.
Nyoka wa matumbawe KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

The Amazonian coral snake is a venomous snake that lives in northern South America. It is the largest snake in its genus, Micrurus, and it hunts in the leaf litter of forests and savannas. Its bright ring pattern is easy to spot, but other snakes copy it.1

Anaishi
Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, in northern South America1
Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
It prefers forest and savanna, from sea level up to 800 m. It is terrestrial, so it forages on the ground in the leaf litter.1
Urefu
80 cm hadi 1.6 m (2.6 ft hadi 5.2 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5.5 kwa saa (maili 3.4 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It preys on long-bodied reptiles such as snakes, amphisbaenians (worm lizards) and some lizards.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Amazonian coral snake
Amazonian coral snake. Picha: André Cardoso. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Rings in repeating groups of three: a black ring, then a lighter ring of white, yellow or greenish grey, then a black ring.1
  • Red rings separate each group of three rings.1
  • The black rings are the narrowest and the red rings are the fewest.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The snake Simophis rhinostoma copies this species' colour pattern, so the two can be mistaken for each other.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

Akiuma

  • Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu na umpeleke hospitali haraka, hata kama jeraha linaonekana dogo: dalili zinaweza kuanza saa kadhaa baadaye.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Amazonian coral snake urefu wa takriban 1.6 m (5.2 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 3 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 9 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 65 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Amazonian coral snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It is the largest species in the genus Micrurus.1

2

The snake Simophis rhinostoma mimics its colour pattern.1

3

It forages in the leaf litter of the forest floor.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Micrurus spixii
Kundi
Nyoka wa matumbawe
Familia
Elapidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Amerika Kusini
Watoto
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Hatari kwa watu
4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Micrurus spixii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus spixii (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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