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Ikhathuni ka-Eastern coral snake
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Eastern coral snake

Micrurus fulvius
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Izinyoka ze-coral UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The eastern coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bright rings of red, yellow and black. It lives in the southeastern United States, including all of Florida. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and it is one of the snakes that people most need to recognise.1

Ihlala
Southeastern United States, including all of Florida, north to the southern coast of North Carolina1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in upland hammocks, scrub, pine flatwoods and dry, open, bushy ground, often on sandy soil. Coral snakes spend most of their time underground or sheltering under objects, so people rarely see them.1
Ubude
18 cm kuya ku-1.3 m (7.1 in kuya ku-4.2 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 4.9 km/h (3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats mainly other snakes and lizards, and also eats mammals, birds, frogs, fish and insects. It bites the head of its prey first to inject venom, then holds on until the prey is paralysed before swallowing it.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Eastern coral snake
Eastern coral snake. Isithombe: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Wide red and black rings are separated by narrow yellow rings all along the body.1
  • The head is black from the snout to just behind the eyes, with a yellow band behind the eyes.1
  • The red rings are usually speckled with black.1
  • Adults are usually less than 80 cm long, including the tail.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: The scarlet snake and the scarlet kingsnake are nonvenomous mimics with similar colours. Kingsnakes and the scarlet snake are helpful predators of rats and mice, so the difference matters.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The venom is a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. In humans, symptoms can include local pain, slurred speech, double vision, weakness and paralysis, and in severe cases breathing can fail. An estimated 5 mg of venom can be lethal to humans.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

Bites and deaths are very rare. Two deaths were documented in the 1950s, and one more has been reported since antivenin became available in the 1960s, the most recent in 2006. The snake is secretive and reluctant to bite; an estimated 40% of bites inject venom, though a 1987 study found 75%.1

Izindaba ezinhle: odokotela banomuthi (i-antivenom) noma indlela yokwelapha lokhu.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When threatened it tries to escape, and if it cannot, it may hide its head under its coils, mimic the head with its tail, move erratically or feign death.1

Uma siluma

  • The most recent victim died after failing to seek proper medical attention, so anyone bitten should get medical help straight away. Antivenom is available.1
  • Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha, ngisho noma inxeba libukeka lincane: izimpawu zingaqala emahoreni amaningi kamuva.

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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Eastern coral snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.3 m (4.2 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-7 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-73 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Eastern coral snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

An adult's venom can kill up to five adult humans, but the snake cannot release all of it in a single bite.1

2

Unlike New World pit vipers, the coral snake cannot control how much venom it injects.1

3

Males mature 11 to 16 months after hatching, while females take about 26 months.1

4

Coral snakes are mostly active during the day, and night sightings are rare.1

5

The range could expand up to 200 km northward because of climate change, according to future models.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow" is a reliable way to tell a venomous coral snake from a harmless mimic.

Iqiniso: The rhyme is a folk saying that only applies to snakes in the southern United States, and it does not work anywhere else.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Micrurus fulvius
Iqembu
Izinyoka ze-coral
Umndeni
Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
Females lay between 3 and 12 eggs, usually in June, which hatch around September, and there is no parental care.1
Simo saso endle
Least Concern globally (IUCN, 2007), but of significant conservation concern locally, for example Endangered in North Carolina1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Micrurus fulvius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus fulvius (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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