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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Vipère à fossettes Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The Sri Lankan green pit viper is a venomous snake that lives only on the island of Sri Lanka. It spends much of its time up in trees and low shrubs, where its green colouring helps it blend in. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Dafay dund ci
Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1
Asi
Kër
It is most common in wet zone grasslands and rain forests, and sometimes in cardamom, cocoa, coffee and tea plantations. It lives from 153 to 1,800 m above sea level. It is usually seen on low shrubs in the morning.1
Guddaay
20 cm ba 1,3 m (7,9 in ba 4,3 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats lizards, frogs, small mammals and birds. It mostly hunts in trees but sometimes comes down to the ground to look for food.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Sri Lankan green pit viper
Sri Lankan green pit viper. Foto: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Usually green with a black, variegated (broken, mixed) pattern on the body1
  • A black line usually runs along the side of the head, and the tail is black1
  • Males often have a blue tinge, while females are mostly green1
  • Bulky, cylindrical body with a flattened, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck1
  • Pit between the eye and nostril on each side of the head1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom is mainly haemotoxic, meaning it damages blood and tissue. Bite victims feel severe pain and swelling, and blisters can form, with some tissue dying around the wound. The pain can last for a few days. Drooping eyelids (ptosis) and swollen lymph glands can also occur, and in some victims kidney failure and heart rhythm problems have been reported.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Deaths from this snake have not been reported. Some bite victims do develop serious kidney and heart problems.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It is not usually defensive, but if disturbed it vibrates its tail tip, forms an S-shaped loop with its front body, and lashes out to bite, seldom hissing first.1

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Sri Lankan green pit viper guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,3 m (4,3 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 100 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Sri Lankan green pit viper 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

Females are much larger than males, growing up to 130 cm, while males reach about 60 to 75 cm.1

2

It gives birth to live young, which is unusual for pit vipers, rather than laying eggs.1

3

It has a short, prehensile tail that it uses to grip tree branches, which suits its tree-living lifestyle.1

4

In the morning it climbs to the tops of trees to bask in the sun and warm its body.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Mbooloo
Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (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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