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New Guinea small-eyed snake

Micropechis ikaheka

Ka ga leina: The name ikaheca means "land eel" in a local West Papuan dialect, which reflects its liking for damp and semi-aquatic places.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 New Guinea small-eyed snake, Micropechis ikaheka, is a highly venomous snake that lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. It is the only species in its genus, and it is known for causing many deadly bites, especially on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its bites are a serious medical concern in the places where it lives.1

E tshela kwa

New Guinea and nearby islands, including Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea, Karkar, Manam and Walis Islands, and parts of Indonesia1

Australia le Oceania

Gae

It lives in damp or semi-aquatic places such as swamps, creeks, wetlands, low-lying rainforest and piles of plant debris, including oil palm windrows and coconut palm husk piles. People often meet it on plantations, where it shelters in husk piles during the day. It may also cross roads at night after rain.1

Boleele

2,1 m (6,9 ft)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

It hunts small vertebrates, including small rodents and bandicoots, ground-dwelling lizards such as skinks, and other snakes, such as the New Guinea ground boa. It is also cannibalistic, meaning it eats other members of its own species.1

Setshwantsho sa New Guinea small-eyed snake — New Guinea small-eyed snake. Setshwantsho: no rights reserved. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Thick, heavy body with smooth scales1
Small eyes, typical of burrowing snakes1
Body colour ranges from pale yellow to brown, with little or no banding in some populations1
Some populations are strongly banded along the whole body, and some are almost black1
Mostly active at night or at dusk1

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 strong enough that it is considered a dangerous snake. Common symptoms include local muscle pain and tenderness, fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, headache, low blood pressure and spontaneous bleeding. In severe cases, the venom also affects the nerves and muscles, causing drooping eyelids, slurred speech and jaw locking, and death can result from respiratory paralysis (when the muscles used for breathing stop working).1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

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

This snake has been linked to many fatal bites. The first proven human death occurred in 1958 in Wau, Papua New Guinea, where a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the base of the thumb while handling the snake. It causes about 40% of snake envenomations on Karkar Island, but less than 10% on the mainland, where death adders cause most snakebites. Plantation workers are most at risk, especially when moving husk piles, cutting grass, walking on plantation tracks or harvesting cocoa beans.1

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

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

Although it is normally shy, it becomes highly aggressive when disturbed, for example if it is handled or stepped on, and then it strikes quickly and readily. Its bite is tenacious and chewing, and it is not easily released.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?

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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 12 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 46 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

New Guinea small-eyed 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?

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

New Guinea small-eyed snake e ka nna 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

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

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

A bite from this snake was linked to a human death in 1958, when a young man died 36 hours after being bitten on the thumb while handling it.1

It is cannibalistic, and it also hunts rodents, lizards and other snakes.1

On Karkar Island, where it is common, it is called the "white snake" because of its pale colouring.1

Its name, ikaheca, means "land eel" in a local West Papuan language.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: A dead snake is harmless and cannot bite.

Nnete: A villager was bitten on the thumb by a snake he had reportedly killed, possibly because of a reflex action after death. Dead snakes can still bite, so they should be handled with care.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Micropechis ikaheka
Setlhopha: Dinoga tsa Australia
Lelapa: Elapidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Australia le Oceania
Masea: It lays eggs (it is oviparous), as most elapids do. The number of eggs is not known from the available information.1
Kotsi go batho: 4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

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