Timor reef snake
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Aipysurus fuscus | ||||||||||||
( Tschudi , 1837) |
The Timor reef snake ( Aipysurus fuscus ), also reef sea snake , is one of the sea snakes within the family of poisonous snakes (Elapidae) . It occurs in the waters around Timor . In the north it is found in Sulawesi , in the south the coast of northwest Australia , in the east the Tanimbar Islands and in the west Sumba . There it lives in reefs that are populated with corals. The Timor reef snake reaches a length of 90 centimeters. There are six to eight other teeth behind the fangs.
The species was described by Tschudi in 1837 as Stephanohydra fusca , in 1926 it was added to the genus Aipysurus by Malcolm Arthur Smith under its current name .
Toxinology
After a poison bite, there are hardly any local symptoms at the bite site. The following non-specific symptoms can occur: sweating, increased salivation , nausea, vomiting, headache, diarrhea, dizziness , abdominal pain, cramps, tachycardia or bradycardia and especially in the case of an allergic reaction, hypotension up to shock . The toxin mixture of the Timor reef snake contains postsynaptic nerve toxins which, as antagonists, block nicotine receptors and thus lead to progressive paralysis (initially ptosis , later possibly massive paralysis , respiratory paralysis) with fatal consequences. Probably present myotoxins can cause myolysis and secondary damage to the kidneys.
Web links
- Aipysurus fuscus in The Reptile Database
- Aipysurus fuscus inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lukoschek, V., Guinea, M., & Rasmussen, A., 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arne Redsted Rasmussen: Sea Snakes. in Kent E. Carpenter, Volker H. Niem (editors): The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 6: Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 2001. ISBN 92-5-104589-5
- ^ HAJ in den Bosch (1985): Snakes of Sulawesi: checklist, key and additional biogeographical remarks. Zoological Negotiations Leiden 217: 27 (2): 1-50.
- ↑ Clinical Toxinology Resources: Aipysurus fuscus