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Sri Lankan green vine snake

Ahaetulla nasuta
Ci turam: The genus name Ahaetulla comes from Sinhalese words meaning "eye plucker", from an old belief that these snakes pluck out human eyes. The species name nasuta is Latin for "of the nose", after its long snout.1
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 Lankan green vine snake is a slim, bright green tree snake. It lives only in Sri Lanka, mostly in forests and bush near streams and villages. It is mildly venomous, and its unusual horizontal pupils make it easy to recognise.1

Dafay dund ci
Endemic to Sri Lanka, in the wet zone's lowland and montane rainforests1
Asi
Kër
It lives in lowland forest and bush, often near streams and human settlements, so people may meet it in villages and gardens. It spends most of its time in trees.1
Guddaay
1,9 m (6,2 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It mainly eats lizards and frogs, and sometimes other snakes, birds and mammals. It hunts slowly by extending its body and swaying gently, like a tree branch.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Sri Lankan green vine snake
Sri Lankan green vine snake. Foto: Davidvraju. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Long, slender body with a very pointed snout1
  • Bright green to pale brownish colour1
  • A yellow line runs along each side of the lower body1
  • Black-and-white patterned skin shows between the scales1
  • Horizontal pupils, unlike the vertical slit pupils of many vipers1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It was once grouped with several other green vine snakes across India and Southeast Asia. Recent studies have split these into separate species, and the Sri Lankan form is now restricted to Sri Lanka.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The snake is mildly venomous. Its bite causes a moderate reaction, with localised pain, swelling, bruising and numbness. These symptoms usually fade within three days.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Bites usually do not need medical attention. Some bites near vital organs could be more severe.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed, it expands its body to show a black-and-white scale marking and opens its mouth in a threat display.1

Su màttee

  • Bites typically do not require medical attention, but bites near vital organs could be more severe.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?

Sri Lankan green vine snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,9 m (6,2 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
guddu na ni 4 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 11 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 64 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Sri Lankan green vine 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

Western internet users have humorously nicknamed it the "judgmental shoelace", because of its long, thin body and narrowed-looking eyes.1

2

Its horizontal pupils are very unusual among snakes.1

3

Its name comes from an old Sinhalese belief that it plucks out human eyes. A Portuguese traveller first reported this belief in 1685.1

4

It hunts by camouflage, slowly swaying to look like a branch.1

5

A female at London Zoo, kept in isolation from August 1885, gave birth in August 1888.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Ahaetulla nasuta
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the young develop inside the mother's body, enclosed in an egg membrane, and are born live.1
Musiba ci nit
1 / 5: Woyof3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Ahaetulla nasuta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ahaetulla nasuta (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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