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Red-headed krait

Bungarus flaviceps
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Kobra, mamba ak krait Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The red-headed krait is a large, highly venomous snake with a striking look: a bright red head and tail and a glossy black body. It lives in lowland rain forests across Southeast Asia, including on some islands, and it is uncommon. It is a night-time hunter, and people rarely meet it.1

Dafay dund ci
Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and parts of Indonesia1
Asi
Kër
It lives in rain forests in lowland, hilly and mountainous areas, including some islands. It is hardly ever found near human homes.1
Guddaay
1,2 m ba 2,1 m (3,9 ft ba 6,9 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians (legless amphibians), small mammals and snake eggs. It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Red-headed krait
Red-headed krait. Foto: Henning Larsen. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • A bright red head and tail1
  • A black body with a narrow bluish white stripe along the side1
  • Large, smooth, glossy scales1
  • Adults can reach 2.1 metres, with an average of 1.2 to 1.5 metres1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It is similar to the blue Malayan coral snake, which is also venomous, and to the nonvenomous red-headed reed snake.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, causing paralysis. Victims can stop breathing, which can lead to death by asphyxiation. Between 20 minutes and several hours after a bite, drooping eyelids may appear, along with double vision, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, headache and excess saliva. Symptoms can then worsen as more muscles, including the jaw, become paralysed, and breathing can become difficult.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Bites are reported rarely, and the venom is little studied for this reason. It is not usually considered high risk to people in the daytime, because it is sluggish and hides. At night it is active and extremely dangerous.1

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed, it presses its head into the ground or hides its head within its flattened or rolled coils. Captives will generally refuse to strike until they have been teased for a long time.1

Su màttee

  • Get to a hospital fast. Neurotoxic symptoms can be treated in hospital with antivenin or with drugs that inactivate acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the chemical messenger between nerves and muscles. Symptoms may also settle on their own.1
  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw: sérum antivenimeux mooy paj mi.

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?

Red-headed krait guddaayam lu tollu ci 2,1 m (6,9 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 12 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 46 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Red-headed krait 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 contains a novel toxin called κ-flavitoxin, which blocks nicotinic transmission in autonomic ganglia, clusters of nerve cells that control automatic body functions.1

2

It has short, hollow fangs at the front of its upper jaw, and venom is forced out through a hole near the tip of each fang.1

3

It is partly aquatic and mainly active at night.1

4

It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes, but its diet is now known to be much wider.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It only eats other snakes.

Dëgg: Its diet includes skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians, small mammals and snake eggs, as well as snakes.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bungarus flaviceps
Mbooloo
Kobra, mamba ak krait
Njaboot
Elapidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Red-headed krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bungarus flaviceps (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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