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Dugite

Pseudonaja affinis
Ci turam: The word dugite comes from Nyungar names for the snake, such as toogitj, dukayj and dukitj.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jaani Ostarali Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The dugite is a highly venomous snake found in southern Western Australia and in remote coastal parts of western South Australia. Its venom is potentially one of the most lethal in the world, so it is a snake to treat with great respect. It is common in and around Perth, where it often shelters near buildings.1

Dafay dund ci
Southern Western Australia and remote coastal western South Australia1
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Kër
Dugites live in coastal dunes, heathlands, shrublands and woodlands, and they also do well in degraded places such as golf courses, industrial areas and open farmland. In the Perth metropolitan area, they are one of the most common snakes found next to buildings, where they shelter under concrete slabs, fibro sheeting and roofing tin.1
Guddaay
2 m (6,6 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Dugites eat lizards, other snakes, mice and rats. House mice are a main food source for them, which has helped their population grow.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Dugite
Dugite. Foto: Bradford G. Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Coloured grey, green or brown, but the colours vary widely between individuals, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1
  • Black scales may be scattered over the body.1
  • Relatively large scales with a semi-glossy look.1
  • The head is rather small and not clearly separate from the neck.1
  • Long and slender body, typically about 1.5 metres in total length.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom has coagulopathic and procoagulant effects, meaning it disturbs the way blood clots. It is potentially one of the most lethal venoms in the world. In a 2011 case, a boy bitten by a dugite was temporarily paralysed, showing that the venom can affect the nerves and muscles as well as the blood.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Dugites are potentially lethal. They generally avoid biting people, but the risk of encounters rises during the mating season in October and November. The last recorded human death attributed to a dugite was in August 2015 in South Fremantle. In 2011 a seven-year-old boy was bitten and temporarily paralysed, and he made a full recovery.1

Xibaar bu baax: doktoor yi am nañu garab (sérum antivenimeux) walla ab paj ngir lii.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed they are very shy and often slither away, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

Su màttee

  • Prompt medical attention is essential after a bite. In a December 2020 case, a three-year-old girl bitten by a snake believed to be a dugite was quickly immobilised by her grandmother, who wrapped her legs in pressure bandages. She was treated with antivenom in hospital and made a full recovery.1
  • 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.
  • Bul raxas fa mu màtt: lopitaan yi mën nañu saytu daŋar bi des ci der bi ngir tànn sérum antivenimeux bi baax.

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 Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Dugite guddaayam lu tollu ci 2 m (6,6 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
guddu na ni 4 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 11 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 46 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Dugite 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

Its venom is potentially one of the most lethal in the world.1

2

Dugites have become more common because of the house mouse, which is one of their main foods.1

3

Dugites can lay two clutches of eggs in the same season when conditions are good.1

4

The Irish activist John Boyle O'Reilly wrote a poem called The Dukite Snake, published in his 1878 collection Songs, Legends and Ballads, based on a bushman's myth.1

5

In winter, dugites burrow.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Dugites are aggressive and will chase people.

Dëgg: Dugites are very shy and usually slither away when disturbed. They generally avoid biting people, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Pseudonaja affinis
Mbooloo
Jaani Ostarali
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Liir yi
Dugites lay eggs, typically around 30 at a time, and leave them to hatch on their own after about 65 days. Under good conditions, they can lay two clutches in one season.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Dugite (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudonaja affinis (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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