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Dog-toothed cat snake

Boiga cynodon

Só doeDoe, pero non che fará un dano grave.

Serpes con cairos traseiros

MordeCome: Carne

Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

The dog-toothed cat snake is a large, nocturnal snake that is active at night. It lives across Southeast Asia, from southern Thailand to the Philippines and Indonesia, and it is often found in gardens, plantations and towns as well as forests. It is a rear-fanged snake, so its venom is delivered through teeth at the back of its mouth.1

Vive en

Southeast Asia: southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo and the Philippines1

Asia

Inicio

It lives in a wide range of places, from primary and secondary forest to cultivated land, rural gardens and urban areas. It is often found in coconut plantations. In forests it lives in the canopy, high in the trees. On Bali it is relatively common in secondary forests and gardens, especially where trees and bushes grow over rivers and streams.1

Lonxitude

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Velocidade máxima

uns 6,7 km/h (4,2 mph)

En terra, estimación aproximada

Que come?

It feeds mainly on small vertebrates such as birds and bird eggs, and may also take lizards and small bats. It hunts by pursuing and overpowering its prey, using both its jaws and its tail to immobilise it.1

Foto de Dog-toothed cat snake — Dog-toothed cat snake. Foto: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Como recoñecelo

A slender, large snake that can reach more than 2 m in total length1
Yellowish or pale reddish-brown back with dark brown or black crossbars or spots1
A wavy or irregular dark stripe behind each eye, with a dark streak on each side of the head1
Yellowish belly, sometimes plain or marbled with brown1
Strongly enlarged front teeth in the upper and lower jaws. Indonesian populations include black individuals.1

Adoita confundirse con: Other similar snakes have a more even or nearly even upper and lower line behind the eye, while this species has a distinctly wavy or irregular one. The closely related Boiga hoeseli is found in the Lesser Sundas east of Bali, including Sumbawa and Flores, and not where this species lives.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

It may have a potent neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. Its effects have been shown to be reversible with neostigmine, a drug that affects nerve signalling, so envenoming from this species can be treated with anticholinesterase therapy.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

Its venom may be potent, so any bite should be taken seriously. The effects of the venom have been shown to be reversible with treatment.1

Se morde

Envenoming from this species is said to be treatable with anticholinesterase therapy, which is a medical treatment.1
Lava a mordedura, mantén a persoa tranquila e busca axuda médica. Algunhas especies (como a boomslang) poden ser mortais horas despois.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

En que lugar do mundo?

África Asia Europa América do Norte América do Sur Australia e Oceanía

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

mide coma 4 gatos domésticos do fociño á colamide coma 11 bananas postas en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 54 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Dog-toothed cat snake comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Dog-toothed cat snake uns 6,7 km/h (4,2 mph)

Un neno en bicicleta uns 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

Its venom is neurotoxic, but its effects have been shown to be reversible with a drug called neostigmine.1

It is known to live high in the forest canopy, where it hunts birds, lizards and small bats.1

The eggs often stick together in a clutch, and the young cut a slit from inside the egg about one day before they hatch.1

The black spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) is known to prey on this snake.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico: Boiga cynodon
Grupo: Serpes con cairos traseiros
Familia: Colubridae2
Orde: Squamata
Continentes: Asia
Crías: It is egg-laying (oviparous). Females lay 6 to 12 eggs per clutch, and the eggs are about 52 mm long and 24.6 mm wide on average.1
Como lle vai na natureza: Least concern1
Perigo para as persoas: 2 / 5: Doloroso3

De onde veñen os datos

Boiga cynodon (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Boiga cynodon (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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