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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii
Ci turam: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Dafay dund ci
Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1
Afrig
Kër
It lives in forest and savanna, from sea level up to 2,200 m. It is also found in artificial plantations.1
Guddaay
90 cm ba 1,6 m (3 ft ba 5,2 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Forest twig snake
Forest twig snake. Foto: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

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

Forest twig snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,6 m (5,2 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 64 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Forest 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

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Thelotornis kirtlandii
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 four to ten eggs.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis kirtlandii (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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