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Ikhathuni ka-Dusky sea snake
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Dusky sea snake

Aipysurus fuscus
Mayelana negama: The scientific name fuscus comes from the Latin word for "dusky" or "dark", which refers to the snake's dark colour.1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Izinyoka zasolwandle UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The dusky sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It is found on shallow coral reefs in the Timor Sea, between Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. It is endangered, which means its numbers have fallen sharply.1

Ihlala
Timor Sea, between Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste1
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura
Ekhaya
It mainly lives on reefs in shallow sea water. Most of the known wild population is at the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, an Australian external territory in the Timor Sea.1
Ubude
78 cm (2.6 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.7 km/h (2.3 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It feeds on fish eggs, eels, wrasses and gobies.1

Indlela yokusibona

  • Dark purplish brown, brown or blackish brown on its upper body1
  • Occasionally has paler bands on the lower sides of its body1
  • The centre of some scales is darker, which can make the body look striped1
  • Usually no longer than 78 cm, though much larger individuals have been found1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Uma siluma

  • Ukubopha ngokucindezela nokuvimba ukunyakaza (pressure immobilisation): bopha ibhandeshi elinwebekayo eliqinile phezu kwenxeba bese ukhuphuka nesitho sonke, usiqinise nge-splint, futhi ugcine umuntu engashukumi nhlobo kuze kufike usizo.
  • Khipha umuntu emanzini bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Dusky sea snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-78 cm (2.6 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-4 abalandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-49

Dusky sea snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Scientists think the population has declined by at least 70%, and no specimens were found in 2007 during surveys that had recorded them in 1998.1

2

It has been documented hybridising with the snake Aipysurus laevis, and a 2006 study found the two species are closely related.1

3

This snake gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs.1

4

It usually lives in shallow water, from the surface down to about 12 metres, though it has occasionally been recorded at depths of up to 30 metres.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Aipysurus fuscus
Iqembu
Izinyoka zasolwandle
Umndeni
Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
It is live-bearing (viviparous), so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Isikhathi sokuphila
cishe iminyaka engu-101
Simo saso endle
Endangered1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Aipysurus fuscus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Aipysurus fuscus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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