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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus

Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.

IrarumaIrya: Inyama

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Iba muri

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

Aziya

Ahabanza

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

Uburebure

20 cm kugeza kuri 1,3 m (7,9 in kugeza kuri 4,3 ft)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

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

Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Irya iki?

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

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

Uko wayimenya

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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

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

Niba iruma

Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, urugingo rwarumwe rugume ku rwego rumwe n'umutima, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba.

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

Ni hehe ku isi?

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 2,5 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 7 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 100 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Sri Lankan green pit viper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

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

Yihuta gute?

Akanyamasyo hafi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru hafi 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

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 bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Itsinda: Pit viper
Umuryango: Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Squamata
Imigabane: Aziya
Abana bato: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Akaga ku bantu: 3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
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