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Ikhathuni ka-Lowland copperhead
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Lowland copperhead

Austrelaps superbus
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Iinyoka zaseOstreliya UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The lowland copperhead is a venomous snake that lives in southeastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is dangerous if provoked, and its venom can kill an adult if proper first aid is not given quickly.1

Sihlala
Southeastern Australia, including Tasmania1
IOstreliya neOceania
Ekhaya
It prefers areas of low vegetation near water bodies. It has also been found in sandstone ridgetop woodland in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, where it is becoming rare because of more frequent fires and the spread of towns and cities.1
Ubude
1 m ukuya ku-1,5 m (3,3 ft ukuya ku-4,9 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-7,1 km/h (4,4 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It hunts frogs, lizards and snakes, including smaller snakes of its own species.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Lowland copperhead
Lowland copperhead. Ifoto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Generally 1 to 1.5 metres long1
  • Colour varies a great deal, from coppery mid-brown to yellowish, reddish, grey or black1
  • The copper-coloured head that gives it its common name is not always present1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often called the copperhead, but it is not closely related to the American copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix).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 contains postsynaptic neurotoxins, which act on the nerves. The venom has been measured at 0.5 mg/kg subcutaneous, meaning injected under the skin.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is a dangerous snake when provoked. About a dozen bites have been reported from this species, with one fatality. Its venom can kill an adult human if correct first aid is not applied promptly.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?

Lowland copperhead malunga ne-1,5 m ubude (4,9 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)Umntu omdala malunga ne-1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-8 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-51 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Lowland copperhead mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It hunts smaller members of its own species as well as frogs and lizards.1

2

Its venom has been measured at 0.5 mg/kg subcutaneous, which means under the skin.1

3

In the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, it is becoming rare due to increasing fires and urban settlement.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is the same as the American copperhead.

Inyaniso: It is not closely related to the American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix. The shared name is a coincidence of common names.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Austrelaps superbus
Iqela
Iinyoka zaseOstreliya
Usapho
Elapidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IOstreliya neOceania
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Lowland copperhead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Austrelaps superbus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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