Central American coral snake
The Central American coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bold red, yellow and black rings. It lives in forests from southern Mexico through Central America to north-western Colombia. It is mostly active at night and usually avoids people, but it can bite if it is handled or pinned.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Rings of red, yellow and black around the body1
- Red rings on the body are often broad, separated by narrow yellow-black-yellow bands1
- Black snout1
- A yellow or red band across the top of the head, depending on whether it has two or three colours1
- Between 10 and 24 black rings on the body, plus 3 to 8 on the tail1
- Smooth scales, a rounded head and a round pupil1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
Its venom contains a strong neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves and causes neuromuscular dysfunction, meaning the nerves and muscles stop working properly. The average venom yield is 8 mg, and the maximum recorded yield is 20 mg. The lethal dose for an adult human is estimated at 4 to 6 mg.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.It is highly venomous. The maximum recorded venom yield is about four times the estimated lethal dose for an adult human. It is usually not aggressive and bites mainly when it is molested or restrained.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
It is usually not aggressive, but it will bite when it is molested or restrained.1
Fa e loma
- Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako, le fa ntho e lebega e le nnye: matshwao a ka simolola diura morago.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 6 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 71 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Central American coral snake e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Micrurus nigrocinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Micrurus nigrocinctus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e na le nomoro e e supang motswedi wa yone. Fa re dirile phoso, maitshwarelo, re barati ba diphologolo, e seng kgatiso ya saense. Re bolelele kwa [email protected] mme re tla e baakanya.
Go loma

