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Igishushanyo cya Forest twig snake
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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii
Ibyerekeye izina: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.1
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba ikurumye, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

The forest vine snake is a thin, long-tailed snake that lives in Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is slow acting but can be fatal. It is sometimes called the bird snake or twig snake because it spends time in trees and eats birds.1

Iba muri
Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in forest and savanna, from sea level up to 2,200 m. It is also found in artificial plantations.1
Uburebure
90 cm kugeza kuri 1,6 m (3 ft kugeza kuri 5,2 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Forest twig snake
Forest twig snake. Ifoto: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • Very thin body and a very long tail, which makes up 33% to 42% of its total length1
  • Green top of the head1
  • White upper lip scales and chin1
  • Grey-brown back and tail; light grey belly speckled with black1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom is slow acting but potentially lethal. It stops the blood from clotting, which is the body's way of stopping bleeding. It also causes renal failure, meaning the kidneys stop working properly.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

Its venom is potentially lethal, though it acts slowly. There is no antivenom.1

Niba iruma

  • Oza aho yarumye, umuntu agume atuje kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga. Amoko amwe (nka boomslang) ashobora kwica nyuma y'amasaha.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Forest twig snake ireshya hafi 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)Umuntu mukuru hafi 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 3 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 9 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 64 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Forest twig snake ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Its tail is very long, making up 33% to 42% of its total length.1

2

It moves both in trees (arboreal) and on the ground (terrestrial).1

3

It lives in artificial plantations as well as natural forest and savanna.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Thelotornis kirtlandii
Itsinda
Inzoka zifite amenyo y'ubumara inyuma
Umuryango
Colubridae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to ten eggs.1
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis kirtlandii (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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