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Natal Sri Lankan green pit viper
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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The Sri Lankan green pit viper is a venomous snake that lives only on the island of Sri Lanka. It spends much of its time up in trees and low shrubs, where its green colouring helps it blend in. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Ina wuuri e
Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1
Aazi
Hello arano
It is most common in wet zone grasslands and rain forests, and sometimes in cardamom, cocoa, coffee and tea plantations. It lives from 153 to 1,800 m above sea level. It is usually seen on low shrubs in the morning.1
Juuteendi
20 cm haa 1,3 m (7,9 in haa 4,3 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It eats lizards, frogs, small mammals and birds. It mostly hunts in trees but sometimes comes down to the ground to look for food.1
Goonga!Natal Sri Lankan green pit viper
Sri Lankan green pit viper. Natal: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Usually green with a black, variegated (broken, mixed) pattern on the body1
  • A black line usually runs along the side of the head, and the tail is black1
  • Males often have a blue tinge, while females are mostly green1
  • Bulky, cylindrical body with a flattened, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck1
  • Pit between the eye and nostril on each side of the head1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom is mainly haemotoxic, meaning it damages blood and tissue. Bite victims feel severe pain and swelling, and blisters can form, with some tissue dying around the wound. The pain can last for a few days. Drooping eyelids (ptosis) and swollen lymph glands can also occur, and in some victims kidney failure and heart rhythm problems have been reported.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

Deaths from this snake have not been reported. Some bite victims do develop serious kidney and heart problems.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

It is not usually defensive, but if disturbed it vibrates its tail tip, forms an S-shaped loop with its front body, and lashes out to bite, seldom hissing first.1

So ina ŋata

  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, jogo terɗe ŋataaɗe ɗee e toownde ɓernde, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Sri Lankan green pit viper hedde 1,3 m juutde (4,3 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo hedde 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 2,5, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 7 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 100 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Sri Lankan green pit viper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Females are much larger than males, growing up to 130 cm, while males reach about 60 to 75 cm.1

2

It gives birth to live young, which is unusual for pit vipers, rather than laying eggs.1

3

It has a short, prehensile tail that it uses to grip tree branches, which suits its tree-living lifestyle.1

4

In the morning it climbs to the tops of trees to bask in the sun and warm its body.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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