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Ikhathuni ka-Forest twig snake
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Forest twig snake

Thelotornis kirtlandii
Mayelana negama: The specific name kirtlandii honours the American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.1
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

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

Ihlala
Sub-Saharan Africa, south to about 17° S, including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia1
I-Afrika
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 kuya ku-1.6 m (3 ft kuya ku-5.2 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.6 km/h (3.5 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats frogs, lizards, birds and bird eggs.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Forest twig snake
Forest twig snake. Isithombe: B. Phalan. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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 obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

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: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

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

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa, gcina umuntu ezolile bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha. Ezinye izinhlobo (njenge-boomslang) zingabulala emahoreni amaningi kamuva.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Forest twig snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.6 m (5.2 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-3 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-9 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-64 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Forest twig snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

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

2

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

3

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Thelotornis kirtlandii
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
It lays eggs (oviparous), with a clutch of four to ten eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Forest vine snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Thelotornis kirtlandii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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