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Lichtenstein's green racer

Philodryas olfersii
Ci turam: The specific name, olfersii, honours the German naturalist Ignaz von Olfers.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Lichtenstein's green racer is a long, green snake with a rear-fanged bite. It lives in parts of southern South America, including northern Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and northwestern Paraguay. It is venomous, and its bite can cause serious harm, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Dafay dund ci
Northern Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and northwestern Paraguay in southern South America1
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
It lives in many habitat types, including the Cerrado, Caatinga, forest, forest transition and restinga. It has been found from sea level up to 1,700 m (5,600 ft). It is often arboreal, meaning it spends much of its time in trees, but it also hunts on the ground.1
Guddaay
1 m ba 1,5 m (3,3 ft ba 4,9 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats small rodents, lizards, amphibians and birds, especially nestlings. It will also eat other snakes, including some almost as large as itself.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Lichtenstein's green racer
Lichtenstein's green racer. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Green on the upper body1
  • Yellowish on the underside1
  • Smooth scales, with no pits, arranged in 19 rows at midbody1
  • Reaches 1 to 1.5 m (about 40 to 60 inches) in total length, including the tail1
  • Active during the day, though it has been seen mating late in the evening1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is highly haemorrhagic, which means it causes bleeding, and it also breaks down fibrinogen, a protein needed for clotting. It also contains neurotoxic components that affect the nerves, and it is myotoxic, meaning it damages muscle. Common symptoms are pain, swelling, redness and bruising, and bruising can spread far from the bite, even up the arm or to the chest and abdomen.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Accidents are generally not serious, because the snake has difficulty injecting venom and produces only small amounts. However, there have been reports of serious bites needing medical treatment. In one recent severe case, the snake was allowed to bite for a long time, and the victim developed clotting problems, liver damage and severe swelling. Only one death has been reported, and it was a child.1

Su màttee

  • Serious bites need medical treatment. The antivenom made for Bothrops snakes is not suitable for bites from this snake.1
  • 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?

Lichtenstein's green racer guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,5 m (4,9 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 65 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Lichtenstein's green racer 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

In laboratory mice, its venom had a lethality equivalent to that of Bothrops asper, a pit viper.1

2

It is rear-fanged, so its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it chews venom into its prey through a grooved tooth.1

3

The venom is made in the Duvernoy's gland at the back of the mouth, and the snake must work hard to deliver it.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Bites from this snake are never serious.

Dëgg: Most accidents are not serious, because the snake struggles to inject venom. Still, serious bites have happened, and one child has died, so any bite needs medical attention.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Philodryas olfersii
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Liir yi
It lays eggs. Each egg is about 5 cm (about 2 inches) long, and a clutch contains 4 to 11 eggs, with larger females laying more.1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Philodryas olfersii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Philodryas olfersii (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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