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Mangrove snake

Boiga dendrophila
Malunga negama: Its common name comes from mangrove swamps, although it is found more often in lowland rainforests.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The mangrove snake is a large, tree-climbing snake with yellow and black bands. It lives in Southeast Asia and is one of the biggest cat snake species. It is mildly venomous, and it is often mistaken for a much more dangerous snake, the banded krait.1

Sihlala
Southeast Asia and Indochina: Cambodia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam1
IAsiya
Ekhaya
It is found more often in lowland rainforests than in mangrove swamps. It is mostly active at night.1
Ubude
2,4 m ukuya ku-2,7 m (7,9 ft ukuya ku-8,9 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-6,7 km/h (4,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats reptiles, such as green sea turtle hatchlings, birds, possibly including milky storks, and small mammals, possibly including large treeshrews.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Mangrove snake
Mangrove snake. Ifoto: Cymothoa exigua. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Black above, with yellow bands across the back1
  • Yellow lips with black edges1
  • Black or bluish underside, sometimes speckled with yellow, and a yellow throat1
  • Can grow to about 240 to 270 cm long1
  • Has a triangular body cross-section1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The mangrove snake can be confused with the banded krait, which has alternating black and yellow crossbands and a triangular body. The banded krait is extremely venomous, so treat any black and yellow banded snake with caution.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The snake has rear fangs and a venom gland linked to them. It has to chew to release the venom, which is released gradually. Its venom is weak, and the rear fangs are small, so it is hard for the snake to sink them into a person's arm or leg. Moderate bites have caused intense swelling.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

It is considered mildly venomous. Moderate bites have caused intense swelling, but there has never been a confirmed death, as of 2016.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is a potentially defensive snake that may strike repeatedly, even when captive bred.1

Ukuba siyaluma

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

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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.

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Mangrove snake malunga ne-2,7 m ubude (8,9 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-15 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-54 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Mangrove snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its venom contains denmotoxin, a three-finger toxin that is the first fully characterised bird-specific toxin.1

2

It is one of the biggest cat snake species.1

3

Despite its name, it is found more often in lowland rainforests than in mangrove swamps.1

4

It may refuse food for long periods if it is disturbed.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is a dangerous killer because it looks like the banded krait.

Inyaniso: It is mildly venomous, and there has never been a confirmed death from its bite. Its look can be confused with the extremely venomous banded krait.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Boiga dendrophila
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Colubridae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAsiya
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Boiga dendrophila (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga dendrophila (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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