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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Forest twig snake
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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii
Ka ga leina: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.1
E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go loma, batla thuso ka bonako.
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

The forest vine snake is a thin, long-tailed snake that lives in Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is slow acting but can be fatal. It is sometimes called the bird snake or twig snake because it spends time in trees and eats birds.1

E tshela kwa
Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1
Aforika
Gae
It lives in forest and savanna, from sea level up to 2,200 m. It is also found in artificial plantations.1
Boleele
90 cm go ya go 1,6 m (3 ft go ya go 5,2 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Forest twig snake
Forest twig snake. Setshwantsho: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Very thin body and a very long tail, which makes up 33% to 42% of its total length1
  • Green top of the head1
  • White upper lip scales and chin1
  • Grey-brown back and tail; light grey belly speckled with black1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom is slow acting but potentially lethal. It stops the blood from clotting, which is the body's way of stopping bleeding. It also causes renal failure, meaning the kidneys stop working properly.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

Its venom is potentially lethal, though it acts slowly. There is no antivenom.1

Fa e loma

  • Tlhatswa fa go lomilweng, dira gore motho a ritibale mme o batle thuso ya bongaka. Mefuta mengwe (jaaka boomslang) e ka bolaya diura morago.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Forest twig snake e ka nna 1,6 m ka boleele (5,2 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 3 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 9 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 64 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Forest twig snake e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Its tail is very long, making up 33% to 42% of its total length.1

2

It moves both in trees (arboreal) and on the ground (terrestrial).1

3

It lives in artificial plantations as well as natural forest and savanna.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Thelotornis kirtlandii
Setlhopha
Dinoga tse di nang le meno a botlhole kwa morago
Lelapa
Colubridae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Aforika
Masea
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to ten eggs.1
Kotsi go batho
4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis kirtlandii (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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Tse dingwe tsa setlhopha se se tshwanang: Dinoga tse di nang le meno a botlhole kwa morago

E tshela gape kwa: Aforika

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