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Igishushanyo cya Sri Lankan green vine snake
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Sri Lankan green vine snake

Ahaetulla nasuta
Ibyerekeye izina: 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
Ntacyo itwayeNtacyo itwaye abantu. Nta mpamvu yo guhangayika.
Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye 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

Iba muri
Endemic to Sri Lanka, in the wet zone's lowland and montane rainforests1
Aziya
Ahabanza
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
Uburebure
1,9 m (6,2 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
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
Koko!Ifoto ya Sri Lankan green vine snake
Sri Lankan green vine snake. Ifoto: Davidvraju. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • 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

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: 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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye abantu.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

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

Niba iruma

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

Sri Lankan green vine snake ireshya hafi 1,9 m (6,2 ft)Igare ry'umuntu mukuru hafi 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imodoka hafi 4,5 m (15 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 4 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 11 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 64 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Sri Lankan green vine 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

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 bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Ahaetulla nasuta
Itsinda
Inzoka zifite amenyo y'ubumara inyuma
Umuryango
Colubridae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Aziya
Abana bato
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the young develop inside the mother's body, enclosed in an egg membrane, and are born live.1
Akaga ku bantu
1 / 5: Yoroheje3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

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