lesser black whip snake

Scientific Name
Demansia vestigiata
Category
Reptiles

Mayh, namung, wurrkurduk, nawu namung. Ngeybokenh. Bu ngaye ngayime wurrkurduk bedda kabarri-yime namung. Nabang kanbaye, nomo really ngarr-dowen.
That snake, the black whip snake. It has two names. I call it wurrkurduk [in Kundedjnjenghmi] and others call it namung. It is aggressive and can bite us, but we don't die, it's only mildly venomous.

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Kunwinjku term
namung
Kundjeyhmi term
djenbedjek
Kuninjku term
berdkurlba
Kune/Mayali term
?
Kundedjnjenghmi term
wurrkurduk

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