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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