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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-pit viper Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E phela
Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1
Asia
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
20 cm ho isa ho 1,3 m (7,9 in ho isa ho 4,3 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Sri Lankan green pit viper
Sri Lankan green pit viper. Foto: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

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 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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, boloka setho se lomilweng se lekana le bophahamo ba pelo, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele.

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 Lankan green pit viper bolelele ba e ka bang 1,3 m (4,3 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 100 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Sri Lankan green pit viper 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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (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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