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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus

Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.

Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)

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Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Kibeera mu

Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1

Asiya

Awaka

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

Obuwanvu

20 cm okutuuka ku 1,3 m (7,9 in okutuuka ku 4,3 ft)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

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

Ekifaananyi kya Sri Lankan green pit viper — Sri Lankan green pit viper. Ekifaananyi: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

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

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

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Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

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

Bwe kiruma

Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

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Weekuume

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Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 7 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 100 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Sri Lankan green pit viper kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Sri Lankan green pit viper nga 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

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

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

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

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Ekibinja: Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka: Viperidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Asiya
Abaana abawere: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Akabi eri abantu: 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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