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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Green vine snake
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Green vine snake

Oxybelis fulgidus
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The green vine snake is a slender, bright green snake that lives high in the trees of Central and northern South America. It hunts small animals from the branches, and it is rear-fanged, which means its venom is delivered from the back of the mouth.1

Kibeera mu
Mainland Latin America, from Mexico and Central America to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Awaka
It is almost entirely tree-dwelling. It stays high above the ground on tree branches and in brush, where it moves quickly.1
Obuwanvu
1,5 m okutuuka ku 2 m (4,9 ft okutuuka ku 6,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 6,3 km/h (3,9 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It waits high in trees for small animals such as rodents, lizards, frogs and birds. It follows the prey, checks its smell with its tongue, then bites the head or back of the neck and lifts the animal 20–40 cm off the ground.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Green vine snake
Green vine snake. Ekifaananyi: Geoff Gallice. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Bright green on its back, with yellowish green underneath and on the upper lip1
  • A narrow yellowish-white stripe runs along each side of the belly and tail1
  • Very slender body with a long, pointed head and a very large mouth that reaches almost the whole length of the head1
  • Long green tongue, kept outside the mouth and moved up and down1
  • Long, delicate tail, used to hold on while reaching for prey1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its saliva is toxic, and it works quickly on small animals, so they are stopped from fighting back. It has little to no effect on humans. In the rare reported bites, slight tingling or temporary numbness at the bite site has been reported.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

Bites to people are rare, because the snake has to grab hold and chew its saliva into the skin, which most people will not allow. Serious allergic reactions are possible, as with any venomous animal, and most allergies are not known before a bite.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Naaza ekifo ekirumiddwa, omuntu muleke ateefu era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo. Ebika ebimu (nga boomslang) bisobola okutta oluvannyuma lw'essaawa.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Green vine snake kiwanvu nga 2 m (6,6 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4,5 m (15 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 11 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 57 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Green vine snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its tongue is thought to work like a cat's whiskers, helping it sense its way through branches and brush as it moves quickly.1

2

After biting, it coils around its prey. It does not squeeze the prey the way a constrictor does, but the coil helps to hold it.1

3

It is rear-fanged, with two larger but blunted, peg-like teeth at the upper back of the mouth. These teeth have grooves on the sides that deliver its saliva.1

4

After swallowing a meal, it usually moves to the highest point of a tree to rest.1

5

In captivity it readily takes mice, and some are large enough to eat rats, which makes it a prized choice among reptile collectors.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: That the bite of this snake is dangerous to people.

Amazima: Its venom has little to no effect on humans. It is fast-acting on small animals, but bites to people are rare and usually cause only slight tingling or temporary numbness.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Oxybelis fulgidus
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 151
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Oxybelis fulgidus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Oxybelis fulgidus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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