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Belcher's sea snake

Hydrophis belcheri
Ci turam: The genus name Hydrophis comes from Greek words meaning water and serpent. The species name belcheri honours Sir Edward Belcher, the naval officer who collected the first specimen.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jaani géej Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

Belcher's sea snake is a sea snake with very strong venom. It has a shy nature and usually bites only when it is badly mistreated. Fishermen handling nets are the people most often bitten.1

Dafay dund ci
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Andaman, Géeju Siin gu Bëj-saalum, Géeju Arabi ak Golfu Pers3
Kër
People most often meet this snake when handling fishing nets, which is when most of its bites happen.1
Guddaay
50 cm ba 1 m (1,6 ft ba 3,3 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Belcher's sea snake
Belcher's sea snake. Foto: Rasmussen AR. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Usually chrome yellowish in colour, with dark greenish crossbands on the body1
  • The dorsal pattern does not extend onto the belly1
  • Short head with bands of the same colours1
  • Adults are about 50 to 100 cm long1
  • Out of water, the body looks faintly yellow1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It has been mistakenly called the hook-nosed sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa), which is a different species. It has also once been called the blue-banded sea snake, which is a common name for Hydrophis cyanocinctus.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Not much is known about this species' venom. Its LD50 in mice, the dose that kills half of the test animals, is 0.24 mg/kg when injected into muscle.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

It is described as extremely venomous. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, and only about one quarter of those bitten are envenomated, meaning venom is injected, because the snake rarely injects much venom.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It has a timid temperament and would normally have to be severely mistreated before it bites.1

Su màttee

  • Immobilisation ak pression: laxasal ab bànd élastique bu dëgër ci kaw fa mu màtt, ba noppi nga laxas cër bi yépp jëm kaw, takkal ko attelle, te def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu dara ba ndimbal ñëw.
  • Génnal nit ki ci ndox mi te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak OseyaniMbàmbulaanu PasifikMbàmbulaanu EndGéeju Siin gu Bëj-saalumGéeju AndamanGéeju Arabi ak Golfu Pers

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Belcher's sea snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Ab nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
guddu na ni 2 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 6 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 47 segond

Belcher's sea 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

Unlike most snakes, its scales overlap each other.1

2

Each dorsal scale has a central tubercle, which is a small raised bump.1

3

Its mouth is very small, which suits life in the water.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Belcher's sea snake, often called the hook-nosed sea snake, is the most venomous snake in the world.

Dëgg: This idea spread from a 1996 book, which lumped together toxicity results from different test methods. Venoms can only be compared within the same testing method. The most venomous sea snake is Dubois' seasnake (Aipysurus duboisii).1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hydrophis belcheri
Mbooloo
Jaani géej
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Andaman, Géeju Siin gu Bëj-saalum, Géeju Arabi ak Golfu Pers, Mbàmbulaan yi
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Hydrophis belcheri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrophis belcheri (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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