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Cape twig snake

Thelotornis capensis
Ci turam: The subspecies name oatesi honours British naturalist Frank Oates.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The Cape twig snake is a slender snake with a very long tail. It lives in southern Africa, in forest, savanna and shrubland. It is highly venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Dafay dund ci
Southern Africa1
Afrig
Kër
It lives in forest, savanna and shrubland. It is semi-arboreal, which means it spends part of its time in trees and bushes.1
Guddaay
1,7 m (5,5 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Cape twig snake
Cape twig snake. Foto: Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • It has a slender body and a long tail.1
  • It is active during the day (diurnal).1
  • It spends part of its time in trees and bushes (semi-arboreal).1
  • The longest museum specimen, a male, measured 168 cm in total length, with a 62 cm tail.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is delivered by large grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw, so it is a rear-fanged snake. German scientist Robert Mertens, a researcher who studied reptiles, died after being bitten by this species.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

It is highly venomous. A bite from this snake caused the death of German herpetologist Robert Mertens.1

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt, def ba nit ki dal te wutal ndimbal doktoor. Am na yenn xeet (ni boomslang) yu mën a rey ay waxtu ginnaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Cape twig snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,7 m (5,5 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Ab nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
guddu na ni 3 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 9 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 65 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Cape twig snake ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It is one of the few snakes that is mainly active by day.1

2

Its tail makes up more than a third of its total length in the longest recorded specimen.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Thelotornis capensis
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of 4 to 13 eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Savanna vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis capensis (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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