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Cape twig snake

Thelotornis capensis
Kuhusu jina: The subspecies name oatesi honours British naturalist Frank Oates.1
Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikuuma, tafuta msaada haraka.
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

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

Anaishi
Southern Africa1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in forest, savanna and shrubland. It is semi-arboreal, which means it spends part of its time in trees and bushes.1
Urefu
1.7 m (5.5 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5.5 kwa saa (maili 3.4 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Cape twig snake
Cape twig snake. Picha: Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

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

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu. Baadhi ya spishi (kama boomslang) zinaweza kuua saa kadhaa baadaye.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Cape twig snake urefu wa takriban 1.7 m (5.5 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 3 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 9 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 65 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Cape twig snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Thelotornis capensis
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Colubridae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 13 eggs.1
Hatari kwa watu
4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Savanna vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis capensis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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