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Madagascar leaf-nosed snake

Langaha madagascariensis
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The Madagascar leaf-nosed snake is a medium-sized tree-dwelling snake that lives only on the island of Madagascar. It is very hard to spot because its shape and colours blend in with the plants around it. It is not venomous and is generally calm.1

Anaishi
Madagascar only (endemic)1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in deciduous dry forests and rain forests, often in plants about 1.5 to 2 metres above the ground. It is an arboreal snake, which means it spends most of its time in trees and bushes.1
Urefu
1 m (3.3 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5.2 kwa saa (maili 3.2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It mainly eats frogs and lizards, including both tree-dwelling and ground-dwelling lizards. It is a sit-and-wait predator, so it waits still for prey to come close, sometimes hooding and swaying as it stalks.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Madagascar leaf-nosed snake
Madagascar leaf-nosed snake. Picha: Alextelford at English Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Slender, unusually thin body1
  • Long, pointed snout1
  • Males are brown on the back and yellow on the belly, with a long tapering snout1
  • Females are mottled grey, with a flattened, leaf-shaped snout1
  • Hangs straight down from a branch when resting1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

This snake is non-venomous, so it does not inject venom when it bites.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

It is generally calm and reluctant to bite unless provoked.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

It is generally calm and tends not to bite unless it is provoked.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?

Madagascar leaf-nosed snake urefu wa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 6 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 69 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Madagascar leaf-nosed 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

Its snout is a leaf-shaped or pointed appendage whose function is unknown, though it also helps the snake blend in as camouflage.1

2

Males and females look very different, a feature called sexual dimorphism, and this species is known for having an unusually high level of it.1

3

Its swaying and hooding, along with its camouflage, may let it look like a vine moving in the wind.1

4

It often hangs straight down from a branch when resting, which is an unusual resting behaviour.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Langaha madagascariensis
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Pseudoxyrhophiidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
It lays eggs (it is oviparous). A clutch contains 5 to 11 eggs.1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Langaha madagascariensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Langaha madagascariensis (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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