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Sri Lankan green pit viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Sihlala

Sri Lanka only (endemic). Found in all three climate zones except higher hills and arid zones.1

IAsiya

Ekhaya

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

Ubude

20 cm ukuya ku-1,3 m (7,9 in ukuya ku-4,3 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

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

Ifoto ka-Sri Lankan green pit viper — Sri Lankan green pit viper. Ifoto: Gihan Jayaweera. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

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

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 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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

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

Ukuba siyaluma

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

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-100 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Sri Lankan green pit viper mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Sri Lankan green pit viper malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

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

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

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Iintsana: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, usually about 5 to 25 at once, mostly in June and July.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

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