Sri Lanka cat snake
The Sri Lanka cat snake is a slim, brown tree snake that is active at night. It lives only in Sri Lanka, and it often comes into houses to hunt geckos. It is rear-fanged and mildly venomous, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit Sri Lanka.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Thin, slim, elongated body with a tree-snake shape1
- Brown or greyish upper body with a series of blackish cross bands1
- Brown crown marking on top of the head and a thick dark streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth1
- Yellowish underside dotted with brown, often with a row of small brown dots along the sides1
- Adults are about 122 cm from tip to tip, including a tail of about 25 cm1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
It is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it is mildly venomous.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.It is described as mildly venomous and has a somewhat aggressive temperament. It boldly strikes out when disturbed or cornered. Because it enters homes, people may come across it there.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.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
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 7 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 68 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Sri Lanka cat 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?
Dintlha
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.
Nnete: It was once believed to occur in the Western Ghats of India, but recent studies showed this was wrong. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Boiga ceylonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Boiga ceylonensis (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- 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.
Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e na le nomoro e e supang motswedi wa yone. Fa re dirile phoso, maitshwarelo, re barati ba diphologolo, e seng kgatiso ya saense. Re bolelele kwa [email protected] mme re tla e baakanya.
Go loma