Sri Lankan green vine snake
The Sri Lankan green vine snake is a slim, bright green tree snake. It lives only in Sri Lanka, mostly in forests and bush near streams and villages. It is mildly venomous, and its unusual horizontal pupils make it easy to recognise.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Long, slender body with a very pointed snout1
- Bright green to pale brownish colour1
- A yellow line runs along each side of the lower body1
- Black-and-white patterned skin shows between the scales1
- Horizontal pupils, unlike the vertical slit pupils of many vipers1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It was once grouped with several other green vine snakes across India and Southeast Asia. Recent studies have split these into separate species, and the Sri Lankan form is now restricted to Sri Lanka.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
The snake is mildly venomous. Its bite causes a moderate reaction, with localised pain, swelling, bruising and numbness. These symptoms usually fade within three days.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.Bites usually do not need medical attention. Some bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
When disturbed, it expands its body to show a black-and-white scale marking and opens its mouth in a threat display.1
Fa e loma
- Bites typically do not require medical attention, but bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
- 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 4 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 11 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 64 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Sri Lankan green vine 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
Western internet users have humorously nicknamed it the "judgmental shoelace", because of its long, thin body and narrowed-looking eyes.1
Its horizontal pupils are very unusual among snakes.1
Its name comes from an old Sinhalese belief that it plucks out human eyes. A Portuguese traveller first reported this belief in 1685.1
It hunts by camouflage, slowly swaying to look like a branch.1
A female at London Zoo, kept in isolation from August 1885, gave birth in August 1888.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Ahaetulla nasuta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ahaetulla nasuta (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.
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Go loma

