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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Sri Lanka cat snake
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Sri Lanka cat snake

Boiga ceylonensis
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

The Sri Lanka cat snake is a slim, brown tree snake that is active at night. It lives only in Sri Lanka, and it often comes into houses to hunt geckos. It is rear-fanged and mildly venomous, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit Sri Lanka.1

E phela
Sri Lanka only (endemic to the island)1
Asia
Lapeng
It lives in trees and is active at night. It frequently ventures into human homes in search of prey such as geckos, so people may meet it indoors.1
Bolelele
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5,3 km/h (3,3 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts prey such as geckos. It searches for them at night, including inside houses.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Sri Lanka cat snake
Sri Lanka cat snake. Foto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Thin, slim, elongated body with a tree-snake shape1
  • Brown or greyish upper body with a series of blackish cross bands1
  • Brown crown marking on top of the head and a thick dark streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth1
  • Yellowish underside dotted with brown, often with a row of small brown dots along the sides1
  • Adults are about 122 cm from tip to tip, including a tail of about 25 cm1

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?

It is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it is mildly venomous.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

It is described as mildly venomous and has a somewhat aggressive temperament. It boldly strikes out when disturbed or cornered. Because it enters homes, people may come across it there.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.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?

Sri Lanka cat snake bolelele ba e ka bang 1,2 m (4 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 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 7 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 68 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Sri Lanka cat 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 often enters human homes to hunt geckos.1

2

It is a tree snake that is active at night, which is why it is called nocturnal and arboreal.1

3

The Sinhala-speaking community of Sri Lanka calls it Nidi mapila.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.

Nnete: It was once believed to occur in the Western Ghats of India, but recent studies showed this was wrong. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Boiga ceylonensis
Sehlopha
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao
Lelapa
Colubridae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Boiga ceylonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga ceylonensis (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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