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Mertens' coral snake

Micrurus mertensi

Malunga negama: Its specific name, mertensi, honours German herpetologist Robert Mertens, a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Iinyoka ze-coral

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

Mertens' coral snake is a venomous snake with bold red, black and white or yellow rings. It lives in northwestern South America, in Ecuador and Peru. It is one of the larger coral snakes of its group.1

Sihlala

Ecuador and Peru, in northwestern South America1

uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in forest, shrubland and desert, from near sea level up to 2,400 m. It is usually found near a river or stream.1

Ubude

50 cm ukuya ku-1,1 m (1,6 ft ukuya ku-3,7 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,9 km/h (3 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It hunts other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy. Its prey includes blind snakes such as Epictia subcrotilla and the venomous pit viper Bothrops pictus.1

Ifoto ka-Mertens' coral snake — Mertens' coral snake. Ifoto: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Banded with red, black and white (or yellow) rings1
The red rings are the widest bands1
The black rings are slightly narrower and are not arranged in triads (groups of three)1
The white or yellow rings are the narrowest and separate the red from the black1
Adults are usually 50 to 80 cm long, with the tail included1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The lethal dose for an adult human is unknown. Scientists obtaining venom from this snake (called milking) got an average of 2 mg of dry venom.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza, nokuba indawo elunyiweyo ibonakala incinci: iimpawu zinokuqala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

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 neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-6 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-73 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Mertens' coral snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Mertens' coral snake malunga ne-4,9 km/h (3 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It eats other snakes, including a venomous pit viper.1

It usually lives near rivers or streams.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Micrurus mertensi
Iqela: Iinyoka ze-coral
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Micrurus mertensi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Micrurus mertensi (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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