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South American coral snake

Micrurus lemniscatus

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Iinyoka ze-coral

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The South American coral snake is a thin, brightly coloured venomous snake. It lives only in South America, from Argentina to Venezuela. It is nocturnal, so it is most active at night, and its venom is strong enough to be dangerous to people.1

Sihlala

Northern and eastern South America, from Argentina to Venezuela, including Brazil, Colombia and the Guianas1

uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in humid and lowland forests, open savannas, gallery forests and lowland floodplains. It is also found in cleared land and near human homes, especially in damp areas or near a water source. It is found from near sea level up to 1,000 m.1

Ubude

60 cm ukuya ku-1,4 m (2 ft ukuya ku-4,8 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It eats mainly long-bodied animals such as freshwater eels, gymnotiform fishes, caecilians, lizards and other snakes.1

Ifoto ka-South American coral snake — South American coral snake. Ifoto: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

The snout is black, followed by a narrow white band in front of the eyes and a wider black band across the eyes.1
The rest of the head is red, and the body has broad red rings.1
Between the red rings are 7 to 17 groups of three black and two white rings.1
The tail has two of these black and white groups.1
It is thin, and adults are usually 60 to 90 cm long, tail included.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 a strong neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It acts both before and after the nerve connects to the muscle, and it causes a strong, permanent block of nerve signals to the muscles in vertebrates. A muscle-damaging toxin called lemnitoxin has also been isolated from the venom.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is not aggressive towards people, but it can bite to defend itself. The estimated lethal dose for an adult human is 5 to 7 mg of venom (dry weight). In laboratory milking, the average venom yield was 8 to 10 mg and the largest was 27 mg.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is not aggressive, but it can attack to defend itself when threatened.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-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-8 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-71 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-South American coral 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)

South American coral snake malunga ne-5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

The venom of this snake is strong enough to cause paralysis, because it blocks nerve signals to the muscles.1

It is one of the few snakes whose diet includes freshwater eels and gymnotiform fishes.1

It is nocturnal and digs in loose soil or leaf litter, so it spends much of its time hidden underground.1

It can live in disturbed land and near human homes, not only in deep forest.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Coral snakes are aggressive and will attack people.

Inyaniso: This snake is not aggressive towards people. It only bites to defend itself.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Micrurus lemniscatus
Iqela: Iinyoka ze-coral
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana: It lays eggs, with a clutch of possibly 20 eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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