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Mérida coral snake

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

The Mérida coral snake is a small venomous snake, a member of the Elapidae family. It lives only in the Cordillera de Mérida mountains in western Venezuela, in shrubland about 900 metres up. Its bright red, white and black rings make it a typical coral snake in appearance.1

Anaishi
Cordillera de Mérida, western Venezuela (Mérida state); endemic to Venezuela1
Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
It prefers shrubland at elevations around 900 m (3,000 ft). It is a terrestrial snake, so it lives on the ground.1
Urefu
39 cm (1.3 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 4.9 kwa saa (maili 3 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Mérida coral snake
Mérida coral snake. Picha: Laurimar Sepulveda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Red, white and black rings, as in many coral snakes.1
  • Black rings come in groups of three (triads), with narrow white rings separating the black rings in each triad.1
  • Triads alternate with red rings, and some scales in the red rings have small black tips.1
  • The outer black rings of each triad are irregular, reduced or interrupted, which is unusual for triadal coral snakes.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?

Mérida coral snake urefu wa takriban 39 cm (1.3 ft)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 12 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 73 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Mérida 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

The adult male used to describe the species has 18 triads of black rings, an unusually high number.1

2

It spends its time on the ground rather than in trees.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

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

Ukweli unatoka wapi

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