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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Cape twig snake
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Cape twig snake

Thelotornis capensis
Ka lebitso: The subspecies name oatesi honours British naturalist Frank Oates.1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao Ho loma
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The Cape twig snake is a slender snake with a very long tail. It lives in southern Africa, in forest, savanna and shrubland. It is highly venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

E phela
Southern Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in forest, savanna and shrubland. It is semi-arboreal, which means it spends part of its time in trees and bushes.1
Bolelele
1,7 m (5,5 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Cape twig snake
Cape twig snake. Foto: Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • It has a slender body and a long tail.1
  • It is active during the day (diurnal).1
  • It spends part of its time in trees and bushes (semi-arboreal).1
  • The longest museum specimen, a male, measured 168 cm in total length, with a 62 cm tail.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is delivered by large grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw, so it is a rear-fanged snake. German scientist Robert Mertens, a researcher who studied reptiles, died after being bitten by this species.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

It is highly venomous. A bite from this snake caused the death of German herpetologist Robert Mertens.1

Haeba e loma

  • Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng, boloka motho a kgutsitse mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka. Mefuta e meng (jwaloka boomslang) e ka bolaya dihora hamorao.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Cape twig snake bolelele ba e ka bang 1,7 m (5,5 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho e moholo e ka bang 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 9 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 65 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Cape twig snake e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It is one of the few snakes that is mainly active by day.1

2

Its tail makes up more than a third of its total length in the longest recorded specimen.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Thelotornis capensis
Sehlopha
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao
Lelapa
Colubridae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 13 eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Savanna vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis capensis (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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