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New Caledonian sea krait

Laticauda saintgironsi
Mayelana negama: The species name, saintgironsi, honours the French herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Hubert Saint Girons.1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Izinyoka zasolwandle UkulumaSidla: Izinhlanzi
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The New Caledonian sea krait is a venomous sea snake that lives in the waters around New Caledonia, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It spends time both in the sea and on land near the shore. It is special because it is found almost nowhere else.1

Ihlala
Waters around New Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands1
ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral
Ekhaya
It lives in marine, intertidal and supratidal areas. Intertidal means the zone covered by sea at high tide and exposed at low tide, and supratidal means the area just above the high-tide line. It has been recorded from a depth of 80 m to an altitude of 100 m.1
Ubude
1.1 m (3.6 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 4 km/h (2.5 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats non-spiny, eel-like fishes. The lipspot moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus) makes up about half of its prey.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-New Caledonian sea krait
New Caledonian sea krait. Isithombe: moi même. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Has a yellow or cream-coloured upper lip1
  • The rostral scale (the scale at the tip of the snout) is undivided1
  • Has 21 rows of scales around the middle of the body1
  • Females grow larger than males1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: The yellow-lipped sea krait also has a yellow upper lip. To tell them apart, count the scales: the New Caledonian sea krait has 21 rows of mid-body scales, while the yellow-lipped sea krait has 23 banded rows that meet on the belly.1

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?

New Caledonian sea krait ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.1 m (3.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-6 abalandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-45

New Caledonian sea krait mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It has been recorded outside its home range only once: a single specimen was found in New Zealand in 1925.1

2

Its diet is mainly eel-like fishes, and the lipspot moray makes up about half of what it eats.1

3

Females grow much larger than males. The largest female recorded was 109 cm long, while the largest male was 81.7 cm.1

4

Its limited range is thought to be because sea kraits of the genus Laticauda spend time on land or in shallow water, which gives them few chances to be carried away by ocean currents.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Laticauda saintgironsi
Iqembu
Izinyoka zasolwandle
Umndeni
Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
It lays eggs (oviparous). The number of eggs is not recorded.1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. New Caledonian sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Laticauda saintgironsi (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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