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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Mangrove snake
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Mangrove snake

Boiga dendrophila
Ku linnya: Its common name comes from mangrove swamps, although it is found more often in lowland rainforests.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The mangrove snake is a large, tree-climbing snake with yellow and black bands. It lives in Southeast Asia and is one of the biggest cat snake species. It is mildly venomous, and it is often mistaken for a much more dangerous snake, the banded krait.1

Kibeera mu
Southeast Asia and Indochina: Cambodia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam1
Asiya
Awaka
It is found more often in lowland rainforests than in mangrove swamps. It is mostly active at night.1
Obuwanvu
2,4 m okutuuka ku 2,7 m (7,9 ft okutuuka ku 8,9 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 6,7 km/h (4,2 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats reptiles, such as green sea turtle hatchlings, birds, possibly including milky storks, and small mammals, possibly including large treeshrews.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Mangrove snake
Mangrove snake. Ekifaananyi: Cymothoa exigua. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Black above, with yellow bands across the back1
  • Yellow lips with black edges1
  • Black or bluish underside, sometimes speckled with yellow, and a yellow throat1
  • Can grow to about 240 to 270 cm long1
  • Has a triangular body cross-section1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The mangrove snake can be confused with the banded krait, which has alternating black and yellow crossbands and a triangular body. The banded krait is extremely venomous, so treat any black and yellow banded snake with caution.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The snake has rear fangs and a venom gland linked to them. It has to chew to release the venom, which is released gradually. Its venom is weak, and the rear fangs are small, so it is hard for the snake to sink them into a person's arm or leg. Moderate bites have caused intense swelling.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

It is considered mildly venomous. Moderate bites have caused intense swelling, but there has never been a confirmed death, as of 2016.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It is a potentially defensive snake that may strike repeatedly, even when captive bred.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?

Mangrove snake kiwanvu nga 2,7 m (8,9 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4,5 m (15 ft)
kiwanvu nga mbwa 2,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 15 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 54 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Its venom contains denmotoxin, a three-finger toxin that is the first fully characterised bird-specific toxin.1

2

It is one of the biggest cat snake species.1

3

Despite its name, it is found more often in lowland rainforests than in mangrove swamps.1

4

It may refuse food for long periods if it is disturbed.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a dangerous killer because it looks like the banded krait.

Amazima: It is mildly venomous, and there has never been a confirmed death from its bite. Its look can be confused with the extremely venomous banded krait.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Boiga dendrophila
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Boiga dendrophila (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga dendrophila (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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