Square-nosed snake
The square-nosed snake is a small, mildly venomous snake that lives only in the far south-west of Western Australia. It is named for its blunt, square-shaped snout, and it hunts small lizards in swampy places and old ant nests.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Small snake, with adults averaging about 33 to 35 cm from snout to vent.1
- Adults are orange-brown on the back, with orange-red sides that fade to pale cream on the belly.1
- Some adults are bright orange across the whole back.1
- Young snakes are blue on the back with a yellow band along the sides.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The short-nosed snake (Elapognathus minor) lives in similar habitat and is often found alongside it.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
The snake is mildly venomous, and a typical bite is not dangerous to humans.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.A typical bite is not dangerous to humans.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 neebhanana eziyi-2 zilandelelana
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-12 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-61 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Square-nosed snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
It is often found living in the abandoned nests of stick-ants.1
Females give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. This is called ovoviviparity, where the eggs hatch inside the mother's body.1
Despite its venom, the snake is considered mildly venomous and its typical bite is not dangerous to people.1
Its scientific genus, Rhinoplocephalus, has only this one species, so it is the sole member of its genus.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Rhinoplocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Rhinoplocephalus bicolor (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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