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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii

Malunga negama: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The forest vine snake is a thin, long-tailed snake that lives in Africa. It is venomous, and its venom is slow acting but can be fatal. It is sometimes called the bird snake or twig snake because it spends time in trees and eats birds.1

Sihlala

Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in forest and savanna, from sea level up to 2,200 m. It is also found in artificial plantations.1

Ubude

90 cm ukuya ku-1,6 m (3 ft ukuya ku-5,2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1

Ifoto ka-Forest twig snake — Forest twig snake. Ifoto: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Very thin body and a very long tail, which makes up 33% to 42% of its total length1
Green top of the head1
White upper lip scales and chin1
Grey-brown back and tail; light grey belly speckled with black1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is slow acting but potentially lethal. It stops the blood from clotting, which is the body's way of stopping bleeding. It also causes renal failure, meaning the kidneys stop working properly.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Its venom is potentially lethal, though it acts slowly. There is no antivenom.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-9 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-64 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Forest twig snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Forest twig snake malunga ne-5,6 km/h (3,5 mph)

Umntwana okhwele ibhayisekile malunga ne-12 km/h (7,5 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its tail is very long, making up 33% to 42% of its total length.1

It moves both in trees (arboreal) and on the ground (terrestrial).1

It lives in artificial plantations as well as natural forest and savanna.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Thelotornis kirtlandii
Iqela: Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho: Colubridae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to ten eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Thelotornis kirtlandii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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