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Stephens' banded snake

Hoplocephalus stephensii

Malunga negama: Its scientific name, stephensii, honours the Australian academic William John Stephens.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Iinyoka zaseOstreliya

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

Stephens' banded snake is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only on the east coast of Australia. It is highly venomous, and its venom affects the blood, so it is one of the snakes that people should give plenty of space. It spends most of its life high in the trees of forests.1

Sihlala

East coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland (Kroombit Tops) to the Gosford area of New South Wales1

IOstreliya neOceania

Ekhaya

It lives in high-rainfall remnant forests, away from human activity, up to 950 m above sea level. It usually rests about 20 m up in canopy trees, often in tree hollows, and may also live on the ground.1

Ubude

25 cm ukuya ku-1,2 m (9,8 in ukuya ku-3,9 ft)1

Ubunzima

250 g (9 oz)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It is a nocturnal predator that hunts both by actively searching and by ambush. It often coils among rodent nests in tree hollows and waits for prey to return. It mainly eats frogs, small lizards, bush rats, mice and pygmy possums, and it hunts juveniles because its mouth is too small for adult prey.1

Ifoto ka-Stephens' banded snake — Stephens' banded snake. Ifoto: dhfischer. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Alternating bands of grey or black and dirty-white along the back, with over 40 of each colour from the back of the head to the tip of the tail1
A flat, mostly dirty-white belly, with occasional grey splotches towards the head and tail1
A dark brown top of the head, with pale blotches or bars along the lips1
A slender body with a broadened, arrow-shaped head1
Mostly active at night, and often found in tree hollows high in the canopy1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Its closest relatives are the broad-headed snake, which shares its coastal range, and the pale-headed snake, which lives further inland. All three are tree-dwelling snakes in the same genus.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 procoagulant, meaning it makes blood clot. It contains prothrombinase, which triggers the production of thrombin in the blood, causing tiny clots throughout the body. Symptoms include nausea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and sweating. If left untreated, the clotting leads to excessive bleeding as blood vessels rupture.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It is described as a ready biter, and its envenoming is potentially fatal. Only one death has been recorded: an elderly man in his 60s in Kalang, New South Wales, whose rescue was delayed by torrential rain and floods.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is described as nervous and defensive towards other animals, and it is a ready biter when threatened.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Victims have been successfully treated with up to four doses of 3,000 unit tiger snake antivenom. The wounded person must be transported to hospital for medical treatment.1
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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-7 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-55 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Stephens' banded 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)

Stephens' banded snake malunga ne-6,6 km/h (4,1 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is one of the few mainly tree-dwelling elapid snakes in Australia.1

A single individual may use up to 30 different trees within its range.1

It hibernates, or brumates, for up to five months through winter inside a tree hollow.1

Males may use home ranges averaging 20.2 hectares, while females average 5.4 hectares.1

It is the largest species in the genus Hoplocephalus, and females are usually larger than males.1

It is slow to mature, with males reaching sexual maturity at three years and females at four years.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Hoplocephalus stephensii
Iqela: Iinyoka zaseOstreliya
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IOstreliya neOceania
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young, with between one and nine offspring per litter. Females are only pregnant every two years.1
Imeko yaso endle: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List)1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Stephens's banded snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Hoplocephalus stephensii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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