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Papuan black snake

Pseudechis papuanus
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jaani Ostarali Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The Papuan black snake is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in southern New Guinea and nearby islands. It is mostly black with blue-grey underparts. Its venom attacks the nerves, so a bite needs urgent medical care.1

Dafay dund ci
Southern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia), nearby offshore islands, and Boigu and Saibai Islands in Australia's Torres Strait1
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Kër
It lives in southern New Guinea and offshore islands. People are often bitten while walking through long kunai grass, where the snake is hard to see.1
Guddaay
1,2 m ba 2,4 m (3,9 ft ba 8 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 8,1 km/h (5 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Solidly built, with a wide, round head and a slight neck1
  • Head and upperparts are dull or glossy black, or occasionally dark brown1
  • Underparts are blue-grey or gunmetal grey1
  • Neck is whitish with yellow and grey tinges1
  • Usually 1.2 to 1.7 m long, occasionally more than 2 m1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is the most potent of all black snakes in the genus Pseudechis. Unlike other black snakes, it is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Muscle weakness and paralysis can develop within 2 to 21 hours of a bite, and this can be life-threatening.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

It is widely feared in Papua New Guinea's Central Province, but it causes only a small minority of snakebites there. The more dangerous taipan causes far more.1

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

Su màttee

  • Get to a hospital quickly, because delaying treatment can be dangerous. The venom can be treated with CSL black snake antivenom, and intubation (a breathing tube) may be needed if breathing is affected.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?

Papuan black snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 2,4 m (8 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 5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 14 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 44 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Papuan black 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

The Mekeo people call it auguma, meaning "to bite again", because it often bites repeatedly.1

2

The Kiwai people believe it is sent by a magic-man to kill enemies, and bitten people sometimes seek a magic-man instead of going to hospital.1

3

Some local people in New Guinea believe it and the taipan are opposite sexes of the same species.1

4

The first documented survivor of a bite was a young man treated in New Guinea in 1959, using antivenom made from its venom.1

5

Its venom was first extracted for science by Australian herpetologist Ken Slater in the mid-1950s, and sent to Melbourne for antivenom research.1

6

Its range has shrunk because of habitat destruction, killing by locals and poisoning by the introduced cane toad.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It is the most dangerous snake in Papua New Guinea's Central Province.

Dëgg: It causes only a small minority of snakebites there, which the more dangerous taipan outnumbers.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Pseudechis papuanus
Mbooloo
Jaani Ostarali
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Papuan black snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pseudechis papuanus (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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