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Sri Lanka cat snake

Boiga ceylonensis
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Serps cun dents davos MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The Sri Lanka cat snake is a slim, brown tree snake that is active at night. It lives only in Sri Lanka, and it often comes into houses to hunt geckos. It is rear-fanged and mildly venomous, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit Sri Lanka.1

Viva en
Sri Lanka only (endemic to the island)1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives in trees and is active at night. It frequently ventures into human homes in search of prey such as geckos, so people may meet it indoors.1
Lunghezza
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5,3 km/h (3,3 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts prey such as geckos. It searches for them at night, including inside houses.1
Propi!Foto da Sri Lanka cat snake
Sri Lanka cat snake. Foto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Thin, slim, elongated body with a tree-snake shape1
  • Brown or greyish upper body with a series of blackish cross bands1
  • Brown crown marking on top of the head and a thick dark streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth1
  • Yellowish underside dotted with brown, often with a row of small brown dots along the sides1
  • Adults are about 122 cm from tip to tip, including a tail of about 25 cm1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

It is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it is mildly venomous.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

It is described as mildly venomous and has a somewhat aggressive temperament. It boldly strikes out when disturbed or cornered. Because it enters homes, people may come across it there.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.1

Sch'el morda

  • Lava la morsa, tegna la persuna quieta e tschertga agid medicinal. Tschertas spezias (sco il boomslang) pon esser mortalas pir uras pli tard.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Sri Lanka cat snake circa 1,2 m lung (4 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 7 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 68 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Sri Lanka cat snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It often enters human homes to hunt geckos.1

2

It is a tree snake that is active at night, which is why it is called nocturnal and arboreal.1

3

The Sinhala-speaking community of Sri Lanka calls it Nidi mapila.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.

Vardad: It was once believed to occur in the Western Ghats of India, but recent studies showed this was wrong. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Boiga ceylonensis
Gruppa
Serps cun dents davos
Famiglia
Colubridae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Boiga ceylonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga ceylonensis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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