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Elegant coral snake

Micrurus elegans
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The elegant coral snake is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of southern Mexico and Guatemala. It belongs to the cobra family, Elapidae, and has a striking black, white or yellow banded pattern that makes it easy to spot once you know what to look for.1

Anaishi
Southern Mexico and Guatemala1
Amerika Kaskazini
Nyumbani
It prefers forest, but it is also found in agricultural areas. It lives at heights of 500 to 1,000 metres above sea level.1
Urefu
40 cm hadi 73 cm (1.3 ft hadi 2.4 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 4.9 kwa saa (maili 3 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Elegant coral snake
Elegant coral snake. Picha: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Its colour pattern is unique for its genus, Micrurus.1
  • Black bands are separated by narrow white or yellow rings, but the black interrupts these rings, so they look like rows of light spots rather than complete rings.1
  • It is medium-sized for its genus. Adults are usually 40 to 60 cm long, including the tail.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

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?

Elegant coral snake urefu wa takriban 73 cm (2.4 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na ndizi 4 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 73 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Elegant 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

Its banded pattern is unusual. The black bands are broken up, so the pale rings look like a line of spots.1

2

It is found in agricultural land as well as forest, so people may meet it near farms.1

3

Like many snakes in its family, it lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Micrurus elegans
Kundi
Nyoka wa matumbawe
Familia
Elapidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto
It is oviparous, which means it lays eggs.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Elegant coral snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus elegans (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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