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Allen's coral snake

Micrurus alleni
Ci turam: The specific name, alleni, honours American herpetologist Morrow J. Allen, who collected the holotype (the specimen used to describe the species).1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jaani koraay Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

Allen's coral snake is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of Central America. Its bright coral-type colouring is a warning sign, and its venom is powerful enough to be dangerous to people. It is one of the coral snakes that people in the region should know how to recognise and avoid.1

Dafay dund ci
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, in Central America1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
Its preferred natural habitat is forest. It is found from sea level up to 1,620 m (5,310 ft).1
Guddaay
80 cm (2,6 ft)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It preys on marbled swamp eels, caecilians (legless amphibians), lizards and other snakes.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Allen's coral snake
Allen's coral snake. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is powerful. When milked in a laboratory, the average yield was only 3 mg (dry weight).1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The estimated lethal dose for an adult human is only 3–5 mg, so a small amount of venom can be fatal.1

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw, doonte màtt bi dafa mel ni lu ndaw: màndarga yi mën nañu tàmbali ay waxtu ginnaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Allen's coral snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 80 cm (2,6 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 1,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 4 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 71 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Allen's coral snake ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It eats other snakes as well as lizards and amphibians.1

2

Scientists measure its venom by milking it in a laboratory, which yields very small amounts.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Micrurus alleni
Mbooloo
Jaani koraay
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
It is oviparous, which means it lays eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Micrurus alleni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus alleni (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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