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Sonoran coral snake

Micruroides euryxanthus

Malunga negama: The scientific name Micruroides euryxanthus refers to the genus Micruroides, which contains only this one species. The common name comes from its red, black and white or yellow banding, which is typical of coral snakes.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Iinyoka ze-coral

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Sonoran coral snake is a small, brightly banded venomous snake. It lives in dry deserts and scrubland in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its venom is extremely potent, but no deaths from its bite have been reported.1

Sihlala

Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, from central Arizona to Mazatlán in Sinaloa, plus Tiburón Island1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in arid and semiarid regions, on plains and on lower mountain slopes from sea level up to 1,800 m. In Arizona it is abundant in rocky upland desert.1

Ubude

28 cm ukuya ku-61 cm (11 in ukuya ku-2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,6 km/h (2,9 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It preys on small snakes, mainly those of the genus Rena, and also on snakes of the genera Sonora, Tantilla and Chilomeniscus. It also eats small lizards such as skinks.1

Ifoto ka-Sonoran coral snake — Sonoran coral snake. Ifoto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Broad, alternating rings of red and black, separated by narrower rings of white or yellow.1
The head is black.1
The first ring behind the head is red.1
Usually has only 2 black rings on the tail.1
Adults are 28 to 61 cm long, tail included.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with Micrurus fulvius. In this species the white or yellow rings are broader, there are usually only 2 black rings on the tail, and the first ring behind the head is red, whereas in Micrurus fulvius it is black.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, and it is extremely potent. The estimated lethal dose for an adult human is 6 to 8 mg. In laboratory milking, the average venom yield was 0.12 mg (dry weight), with a maximum of 6 mg.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

No fatalities from its bite have been reported. Its venom is potent, so any bite should be taken seriously.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When startled or threatened, it hides its head under its body, raises its tail and curls it tightly. It can also forcibly release gas from its cloaca with a loud noise, a behaviour known as cloacal popping, which smells very unpleasant.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 neebhanana eziyi-3 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-78 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Sonoran 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)

Sonoran coral snake malunga ne-4,6 km/h (2,9 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its genus, Micruroides, contains only this one species.1

It can also appear during and after rain.1

It usually stays underground and comes out mainly at night.1

It is known as coralillo in Mexican Spanish.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Micruroides euryxanthus
Iqela: Iinyoka ze-coral
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (oviparous). Adult females may lay up to 3 eggs, and each hatchling is 18 to 20 cm long.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Micruroides (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Micruroides euryxanthus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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