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Forsten's cat snake

Boiga forsteni
Ci turam: The specific name, forsteni, honours the Dutch naturalist Eltio Alegondas Forsten (1811–1843).1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Forsten's cat snake is a slender, nocturnal tree snake from South Asia. It hunts at night in trees and is mildly venomous. It lives in lowland forests and farmland across Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of India.1

Dafay dund ci
Nepal, Sri Lanka and many states of India, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat1
Asi
Kër
Lowland forests and agricultural areas. It is arboreal, so it spends much of its time in trees and bushes. It is active at night.1
Guddaay
1,5 m (4,8 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 6,3 km/h (3,9 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It preys on lizards, snakes, birds, bats and rodents.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Forsten's cat snake
Forsten's cat snake. Foto: Jidnesh Doshi. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • The upper body is brown, with angular black crossbars that are more or less regular.1
  • Some individuals have white spots between the black crossbars.1
  • A black band runs from the front of the head to the nape (back of the neck), and another black band lies behind each eye.1
  • The underside is white, either plain or spotted with brown.1
  • The body is flattened from side to side, and the snake is nocturnal and climbs in trees.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is mild, as in other snakes of the genus Boiga. It is a rear-fanged snake, meaning its fangs sit toward the back of the mouth.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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?

Forsten's cat snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,5 m (4,8 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 8 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 57 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Forsten's cat 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 in its region that hunts birds, bats and other snakes as well as rodents and lizards.1

2

Its body is flattened from side to side, which is a shape typical of many tree-living snakes.1

3

It is active at night and spends much of its life in trees.1

4

Its enlarged teeth sit at the front of the roof of the mouth and in the lower jaw, and they are much bigger than the other teeth.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Boiga forsteni
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
It lays eggs (oviparous). Mature females lay 5–10 eggs, and in India the eggs are laid in August and September.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Boiga forsteni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga forsteni (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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