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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Mapit viper InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inogara mu
Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1
Asia
Kumba
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
Kureba
20 cm kusvika 1,3 m (7,9 in kusvika 4,3 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
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
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waSri Lankan green pit viper
Sri Lankan green pit viper. Mufananidzo: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Kana ikaruma

  • Chengeta munhu asingafambe uye akadzikama, chengeta nhengo yakarumwa yakaenzana nemwoyo, bvisa mhete nezvinhu zvakasunga, uende kuchipatara nokukurumidza.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Sri Lankan green pit viper kunenge 1,3 m kureba (4,3 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)Munhu mukuru kunenge 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 2,5 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 7 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 100 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Sri Lankan green pit viper yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Females are much larger than males, growing up to 130 cm, while males reach about 60 to 75 cm.1

2

It gives birth to live young, which is unusual for pit vipers, rather than laying eggs.1

3

It has a short, prehensile tail that it uses to grip tree branches, which suits its tree-living lifestyle.1

4

In the morning it climbs to the tops of trees to bask in the sun and warm its body.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Boka
Mapit viper
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Asia
Vacheche
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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