Golden-crowned snake
The golden-crowned snake is a small venomous snake that lives only in eastern Australia. It is a forest animal, mostly found in rainforest, and it hunts lizards at night. It is worth knowing because it can be mistaken for other crowned snakes.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- The back is grey-brown to dark brown.1
- The belly is orange to pink, with a line of black spots down the middle.1
- A pale yellow-brown stripe starts at the snout and sweeps back along both sides of the head, trailing down the neck. This is the 'crown'.1
- The dorsal scales are in 15 rows at mid-body.1
- Adults average about 50 cm in total length, including the tail.1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Other crowned snakes, C. krefftii and C. harriettae, have a crown that joins at the back of the head. In the golden-crowned snake the stripe does not join and instead runs down the neck.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
Its venom is described as mild. Bites from larger individuals may pose a health risk.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.It is only mildly venomous. It is more likely to bluff than to bite, and bites from larger snakes may pose a health risk.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
When threatened, it rears into an S-shape and shows its bright orange belly, mock biting to intimidate.1
Fa e loma
- Go gatelela le go sa tshikinyege (pressure immobilisation): bofa bandeiji e e gogegang e e tiileng mo godimo ga fa go lomilweng mme o tswelele o bofe setho sotlhe go ya kwa godimo, se tshegetse ka sepilinti (splint), mme o dire gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege gotlhelele go fitlha thuso e goroga.
- O se ka wa tlhatswa fa go lomilweng: dibookelo di ka tlhatlhoba botlhole jo bo setseng mo letlalong go tlhopha antivenom e e siameng.
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?
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e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 58 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Golden-crowned 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
- Golden-crowned snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cacophis squamulosus (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
