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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Sri Lankan green vine snake
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Sri Lankan green vine snake

Ahaetulla nasuta
Ku linnya: The genus name Ahaetulla comes from Sinhalese words meaning "eye plucker", from an old belief that these snakes pluck out human eyes. The species name nasuta is Latin for "of the nose", after its long snout.1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The Sri Lankan green vine snake is a slim, bright green tree snake. It lives only in Sri Lanka, mostly in forests and bush near streams and villages. It is mildly venomous, and its unusual horizontal pupils make it easy to recognise.1

Kibeera mu
Endemic to Sri Lanka, in the wet zone's lowland and montane rainforests1
Asiya
Awaka
It lives in lowland forest and bush, often near streams and human settlements, so people may meet it in villages and gardens. It spends most of its time in trees.1
Obuwanvu
1,9 m (6,2 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It mainly eats lizards and frogs, and sometimes other snakes, birds and mammals. It hunts slowly by extending its body and swaying gently, like a tree branch.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Sri Lankan green vine snake
Sri Lankan green vine snake. Ekifaananyi: Davidvraju. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Long, slender body with a very pointed snout1
  • Bright green to pale brownish colour1
  • A yellow line runs along each side of the lower body1
  • Black-and-white patterned skin shows between the scales1
  • Horizontal pupils, unlike the vertical slit pupils of many vipers1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It was once grouped with several other green vine snakes across India and Southeast Asia. Recent studies have split these into separate species, and the Sri Lankan form is now restricted to Sri Lanka.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The snake is mildly venomous. Its bite causes a moderate reaction, with localised pain, swelling, bruising and numbness. These symptoms usually fade within three days.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Bites usually do not need medical attention. Some bites near vital organs could be more severe.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When disturbed, it expands its body to show a black-and-white scale marking and opens its mouth in a threat display.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Bites typically do not require medical attention, but bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
  • 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?

Sri Lankan green vine snake kiwanvu nga 1,9 m (6,2 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 64 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Western internet users have humorously nicknamed it the "judgmental shoelace", because of its long, thin body and narrowed-looking eyes.1

2

Its horizontal pupils are very unusual among snakes.1

3

Its name comes from an old Sinhalese belief that it plucks out human eyes. A Portuguese traveller first reported this belief in 1685.1

4

It hunts by camouflage, slowly swaying to look like a branch.1

5

A female at London Zoo, kept in isolation from August 1885, gave birth in August 1888.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Ahaetulla nasuta
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Abaana abawere
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the young develop inside the mother's body, enclosed in an egg membrane, and are born live.1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Ahaetulla nasuta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ahaetulla nasuta (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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