Green cat snake
The green cat snake is a slim, bright green snake that lives mostly in trees. It is found in South Asia, China and South-east Asia, mainly in forests. It is a rear-fanged snake that is only mildly venomous to people.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Uniform green back, or green mixed with grey or blue1
- Greenish or yellowish white belly1
- Large eyes with vertical, cat-like pupils, and golden brown irises1
- Yellowish upper lip, with most head scales edged in black1
- Hatchlings are reddish brown with a green head, and begin to turn green at about 8 to 9 months old1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
This is a rear-fanged snake, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it is described as mildly venomous. Its venom can paralyse small prey. Bites are expected to cause only mild to moderate local swelling and pain, with occasional bruising, numbness, redness or bleeding, but no tissue death (necrosis) and no whole-body (systemic) effects.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።Bites are not expected to cause medically significant effects. Most cases are minor, but some are more severe and need hospital admission and treatment.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
Usually sluggish and hard to provoke into striking, it may become hostile when threatened and display with its mouth wide open.1
እንተ ነኺሱ
- Bites usually need no treatment beyond checking for infection and making sure tetanus protection is up to date. Anyone who develops local symptoms, such as signs of infection, should return for medical review. Some bites are more severe and need hospital care, so a careful assessment is needed before discharge.1
- ነቲ ንኽሳ ሕጸቦ፣ ነቲ ሰብ ኣህድኦ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ። ገለ ዓሌታት (ከም ቡምስላንግ) ድሕሪ ሰዓታት ቀተልቲ ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 4 ኣናሙ ገዛ ይነውሕ
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 11 ባናናታት ይነውሕ
100 ሜትሮ ብ60 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)Green cat snake ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
It is one of the rear-fanged snakes, and its venom is used to paralyse small prey.1
Its long, grasping tail lets it live entirely in trees, so it is described as purely arboreal.1
Despite its size, it is sluggish and makes no attempt to escape when handled.1
Hatchlings look very different from adults, being reddish brown with a green head.1
It hunts at night and rests during the day, coiled among the branches.1
A female lays between 7 and 14 eggs, which take about 85 days to hatch.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Boiga cyanea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Boiga cyanea (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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