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Texas coral snake

Micrurus tener
Ci turam: The Latin name tener means "soft or delicate", referring to the snake's graceful features.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.

The Texas coral snake is a venomous snake with bright black, yellow and red rings. It lives in the southern and southwestern United States and in parts of northeastern and central Mexico. Its bite can cause paralysis, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

Dafay dund ci
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in the USA; Guanajuato, Morelos, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas in Mexico1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
It spends most of its time hiding in leaf litter and under logs. It can be seen on the surface after heavy rains, when night-time temperatures rise above 26 °C (78 °F).1
Guddaay
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Its main food is other snakes, mostly small burrowing species, and it also preys on venomous snakes such as copperheads. It sometimes eats small lizards, and rarely eats rodents. It is cannibalistic.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Texas coral snake
Texas coral snake. Foto: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Black, yellow and red rings, with the rings running onto the belly.1
  • Smooth scales, a rounded head and round pupils.1
  • Somewhat larger and stouter than the eastern coral snake.1
  • Males are typically smaller than females.1
  • Shy and secretive, and mostly active at night.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Nonvenomous snakes copy the coral snake's colours as a form of Batesian mimicry. In the United States, the venomous coral snakes can be told apart by red rings touching yellow rings. The common rhyme "red and yellow, kill a fellow" is not always accurate because colours vary, and relying on it is dangerous.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The snake has a pair of fixed, grooved fangs at the front of the upper jaw, and venom is injected through them. Its venom contains a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a myotoxin, which damages muscle. Bite victims may experience paralysis or myolysis (muscle breakdown), which can be potentially lethal.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Before antivenom was available, the fatality rate of coral snake bites was estimated at 10%. Deaths were mainly caused by breathing or heart failure from paralysis. A single bite can deliver 10–12 mg of dry venom, about twice the lethal dose for an adult human of 5–7 mg. Many bites deliver no venom at all, known as dry bites.1

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When grabbed suddenly, or sometimes just when touched, it may thrash about, swing around and bite.1

Su màttee

  • Remove any jewellery from a bitten limb, in case of severe swelling. Wrap the bite area moderately tightly in a wide cloth, and move the bitten limb as little as possible. Take the bite victim to the nearest hospital as soon as possible for advanced treatment, such as antivenom.1
  • 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?

Texas coral snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,2 m (4 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 2,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 7 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 73 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Texas 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

A single bite can deliver about twice the lethal dose for an adult human, yet many bites inject no venom at all.1

2

The Texas coral snake eats other snakes, including venomous ones, and will even eat its own kind.1

3

Colour variants exist in the wild, including albino, anerythristic, pastel and completely black (melanistic) snakes.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, friend of Jack" is a reliable way to tell a coral snake from a harmless look-alike.

Dëgg: The rhyme is not always accurate because colour patterns vary, and relying on it is dangerous to both people and snakes.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

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

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Texas coral snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus tener (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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