Sri Lankan green vine snake
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

Kako jo prepoznaš
- 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
Pogosto zamenjujejo z: 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
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?
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
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: BlagaKot čebelji pik ali manj. Za ljudi praktično neškodljiva.Bites usually do not need medical attention. Some bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?
When disturbed, it expands its body to show a black-and-white scale marking and opens its mouth in a threat display.1
Če ugrizne
- Bites typically do not require medical attention, but bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
- Ugriz umij, poškodovanca pomiri in poišči zdravniško pomoč. Nekatere vrste (na primer bumslang) so lahko smrtno nevarne še čez nekaj ur.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 4 domačih mačk od nosu do repa
dolga kot 11 banan, položenih ena za drugo
zmore 100 metrov v 64 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Sri Lankan green vine snake v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Western internet users have humorously nicknamed it the "judgmental shoelace", because of its long, thin body and narrowed-looking eyes.1
Its horizontal pupils are very unusual among snakes.1
Its name comes from an old Sinhalese belief that it plucks out human eyes. A Portuguese traveller first reported this belief in 1685.1
It hunts by camouflage, slowly swaying to look like a branch.1
A female at London Zoo, kept in isolation from August 1885, gave birth in August 1888.1
Od kod so dejstva
- Ahaetulla nasuta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ahaetulla nasuta (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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