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Sri Lanka cat snake

Boiga ceylonensis

AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.

Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

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

Sihlala

Sri Lanka only (endemic to the island)1

IAsiya

Ekhaya

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

Ubude

1,2 m (4 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

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

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It hunts prey such as geckos. It searches for them at night, including inside houses.1

Ifoto ka-Sri Lanka cat snake — Sri Lanka cat snake. Ifoto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

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

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.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-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-7 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-68 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Sri Lanka cat 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)

Sri Lanka cat snake malunga ne-5,3 km/h (3,3 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It often enters human homes to hunt geckos.1

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

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

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.

Inyaniso: 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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Boiga ceylonensis
Iqela: Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho: Colubridae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Ingozi ebantwini: 1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Boiga ceylonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Boiga ceylonensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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