Golden-crowned snake
The golden-crowned snake is a small venomous snake that lives only in eastern Australia. It is a forest animal, mostly found in rainforest, and it hunts lizards at night. It is worth knowing because it can be mistaken for other crowned snakes.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- The back is grey-brown to dark brown.1
- The belly is orange to pink, with a line of black spots down the middle.1
- A pale yellow-brown stripe starts at the snout and sweeps back along both sides of the head, trailing down the neck. This is the 'crown'.1
- The dorsal scales are in 15 rows at mid-body.1
- Adults average about 50 cm in total length, including the tail.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Other crowned snakes, C. krefftii and C. harriettae, have a crown that joins at the back of the head. In the golden-crowned snake the stripe does not join and instead runs down the neck.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its venom is described as mild. Bites from larger individuals may pose a health risk.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.It is only mildly venomous. It is more likely to bluff than to bite, and bites from larger snakes may pose a health risk.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
When threatened, it rears into an S-shape and shows its bright orange belly, mock biting to intimidate.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- 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
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileni
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-5 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-58 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Golden-crowned snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Golden-crowned snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cacophis squamulosus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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