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Sri Lanka cat snake

Boiga ceylonensis
Amul lorAmul lor ci nit. Amul lu la war a jaaxal.
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

The Sri Lanka cat snake is a slim, brown tree snake that is active at night. It lives only in Sri Lanka, and it often comes into houses to hunt geckos. It is rear-fanged and mildly venomous, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit Sri Lanka.1

Dafay dund ci
Sri Lanka only (endemic to the island)1
Asi
Kër
It lives in trees and is active at night. It frequently ventures into human homes in search of prey such as geckos, so people may meet it indoors.1
Guddaay
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,3 km/h (3,3 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It hunts prey such as geckos. It searches for them at night, including inside houses.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Sri Lanka cat snake
Sri Lanka cat snake. Foto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Thin, slim, elongated body with a tree-snake shape1
  • Brown or greyish upper body with a series of blackish cross bands1
  • Brown crown marking on top of the head and a thick dark streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth1
  • Yellowish underside dotted with brown, often with a row of small brown dots along the sides1
  • Adults are about 122 cm from tip to tip, including a tail of about 25 cm1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

It is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth, and it is mildly venomous.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

It is described as mildly venomous and has a somewhat aggressive temperament. It boldly strikes out when disturbed or cornered. Because it enters homes, people may come across it there.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.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?

Sri Lanka cat snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,2 m (4 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 2,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 7 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 68 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Sri Lanka 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 often enters human homes to hunt geckos.1

2

It is a tree snake that is active at night, which is why it is called nocturnal and arboreal.1

3

The Sinhala-speaking community of Sri Lanka calls it Nidi mapila.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.

Dëgg: It was once believed to occur in the Western Ghats of India, but recent studies showed this was wrong. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Boiga ceylonensis
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Musiba ci nit
1 / 5: Woyof3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

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