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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi
Ci turam: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Jaani koraay Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Mertens' coral snake is a venomous snake with bold red, black and white or yellow rings. It lives in northwestern South America, in Ecuador and Peru. It is one of the larger coral snakes of its group.1

Dafay dund ci
Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
It lives in forest, shrubland and desert, from near sea level up to 2,400 m. It is usually found near a river or stream.1
Guddaay
50 cm ba 1,1 m (1,6 ft ba 3,7 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It hunts other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy. Its prey includes blind snakes such as Epictia subcrotilla and the venomous pit viper Bothrops pictus.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Mertens' coral snake
Mertens' coral snake. Foto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Banded with red, black and white (or yellow) rings1
  • The red rings are the widest bands1
  • The black rings are slightly narrower and are not arranged in triads (groups of three)1
  • The white or yellow rings are the narrowest and separate the red from the black1
  • Adults are usually 50 to 80 cm long, with the tail included1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The lethal dose for an adult human is unknown. Scientists obtaining venom from this snake (called milking) got an average of 2 mg of dry venom.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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Mertens' coral snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,1 m (3,7 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 daw 100 meetar ci 73 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Mertens' 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, including a venomous pit viper.1

2

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Micrurus mertensi
Mbooloo
Jaani koraay
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Liir yi
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus mertensi (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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