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Curl snake

Suta suta

Malunga negama: The Latin name suta means "stitched", from the pattern of darker scale edges that can look stitched together.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Iinyoka zaseOstreliya

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The curl snake is a heavily built, venomous snake that lives across much of Australia. It gets its name from the tight, spring-like coil it makes when threatened. Its venom attacks the nerves, so any bite needs prompt medical advice.1

Sihlala

Australia, in all states and territories except Tasmania. Mostly arid eastern and central Australia.1

IOstreliya neOceania

Ekhaya

It most often lives in grasslands, scrublands and open woodlands. It forages in leaf litter and under rocks at night, and can shelter in old burrows, soil cracks, under woody debris and under leaf litter.1

Ubude

60 cm (2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-5,9 km/h (3,7 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds mostly on small reptiles, especially geckos, skinks, legless lizards, dragons and other snakes. It also eats small mammals and frogs, which may make up up to 20% of its diet.1

Ifoto ka-Curl snake — Curl snake. Ifoto: Connor Margetts. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Dark brown or reddish brown, with a darker head and paler underside on the flanks.1
A light-coloured iris and a small pupil.1
A temporal dark-edged stripe, typically orange, running from each eye to the snout.1
A wide head and heavy build. The typical length is 40 cm.1
Usually 19 dorsal scale rows at mid-body, 150 to 170 ventral scales, and 20 to 35 single subcaudal scales.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with the Ord curl snake (Suta ordensis), a similar species.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves. It is considered unsafe, especially for small children.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The venom is considered unsafe, especially for small children. Bites from large snakes are considered especially dangerous.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it curls tightly into a spring-like coil that protects its head, and then usually thrashes violently.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Seek medical advice immediately. Immobilise the patient and apply a pressure bandage.1
Ukubopha ngoxinzelelo nokunqanda ukushukuma (pressure immobilisation): songa ibhandeji eqinileyo enwebekayo phezu kwendawo elunyiweyo uze unyuke ngelungu lonke, uliqinise ngesiplinti, kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi kwaphela de kufike uncedo.
Musa ukuhlamba indawo elunyiweyo: izibhedlele zinokuvavanya ityhefu eseleyo esikhumbeni ukuze zikhethe i-antivenom echanekileyo.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-3 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-61 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Curl snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Curl snake malunga ne-5,9 km/h (3,7 mph)

Umntwana okhwele ibhayisekile malunga ne-12 km/h (7,5 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Lizards make up the bulk of its diet, including geckos, skinks and dragons.1

It can shelter in old burrows, soil cracks and under woody debris.1

Hatchlings average about 15 cm long when born.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Suta suta
Iqela: Iinyoka zaseOstreliya
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IOstreliya neOceania
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. A typical litter is five, and litters can range from one to seven.1
Imeko yaso endle: Secure in all states except Victoria, where it is vulnerable.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Curl snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Suta suta (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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