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Gwardar

Pseudonaja mengdeni

Ka ga leina: The scientific name Pseudonaja mengdeni honours Mengden, the person the species is named after; the name gwardar is one of its common names.1

E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go loma, batla thuso ka bonako.

Dinoga tsa Australia

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

The gwardar, also called Mengden's brown snake or the western brown snake, is a venomous snake found in dry parts of Australia. It is considered dangerously venomous, and its bite can cause severe symptoms that may lead to death.1

E tshela kwa

Endemic to Australia: from the coast of Western Australia through central Australia to north-west New South Wales and western Queensland1

Australia le Oceania

Gae

It lives in dry to arid areas, including woodlands, spinifex deserts, sandplains, stony plains, croplands and grasslands. It is often found within fallen timber, dead trees, shrubs, native grasses and ground cavities.1

Boleele

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

It preys on small reptiles, mammals, other snakes, ground-nesting birds and bird eggs.1

Setshwantsho sa Gwardar — Gwardar. Setshwantsho: Carl-st205. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Highly variable in colour, from light brown to almost black1
Two distinct forms: 'orange with black head' and 'pale head, grey nape'1
Scales on the head often form a black V or W pattern1
Cream, yellow, orange or grey belly, often with dark orange or grey blotches1
Slender body and narrow head, with a large strap-like scale around the front of the snout1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It is often confused with the eastern brown snake, which has a pink mouth lining, and the northern brown snake, which has a purplish or blue-black mouth lining. It is also confused with other brown snakes and the black-headed python. Telling species apart reliably requires scale counts, which should only be done by an experienced herpetologist.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom is neurotoxic, which attacks the nerves, and haemotoxic, which affects the blood. Its symptoms are severe and potentially fatal.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

It is considered dangerously venomous. Its bite can cause severe symptoms resulting in death. A scratch from its fangs can still be fatal.1

Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When threatened, it raises the front part of its body into an S-shape, lifts its head off the ground and opens its mouth.1

Fa e loma

First aid must be applied and medical attention sought straight away. Brown snake antivenom is the treatment used in case of envenoming.1
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?

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E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 4 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 11 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 48 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Gwardar 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?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Gwardar e ka nna 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

It is mainly active during the day, though it can be active on warm nights.1

Hybridisation between Pseudonaja species makes identifying them difficult.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Pseudonaja mengdeni
Setlhopha: Dinoga tsa Australia
Lelapa: Elapidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Australia le Oceania
Masea: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs, with up to more than 12 eggs per clutge.1
Kotsi go batho: 4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Pseudonaja mengdeni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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