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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Forest twig snake
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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii
Ka lebitso: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.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 lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The forest vine snake is a thin, long-tailed snake that lives in Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is slow acting but can be fatal. It is sometimes called the bird snake or twig snake because it spends time in trees and eats birds.1

E phela
Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in forest and savanna, from sea level up to 2,200 m. It is also found in artificial plantations.1
Bolelele
90 cm ho isa ho 1,6 m (3 ft ho isa ho 5,2 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Forest twig snake
Forest twig snake. Foto: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Very thin body and a very long tail, which makes up 33% to 42% of its total length1
  • Green top of the head1
  • White upper lip scales and chin1
  • Grey-brown back and tail; light grey belly speckled with black1

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 slow acting but potentially lethal. It stops the blood from clotting, which is the body's way of stopping bleeding. It also causes renal failure, meaning the kidneys stop working properly.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

Its venom is potentially lethal, though it acts slowly. There is no antivenom.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?

Forest twig snake bolelele ba e ka bang 1,6 m (5,2 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 64 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Forest 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

Its tail is very long, making up 33% to 42% of its total length.1

2

It moves both in trees (arboreal) and on the ground (terrestrial).1

3

It lives in artificial plantations as well as natural forest and savanna.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

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

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis kirtlandii (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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