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Ikhathuni ka-Paradise tree snake
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Paradise tree snake

Chrysopelea paradisi
Mayelana negama: The species name paradisi comes from the Latin paradisus or the Greek paradeisos, which means park.1
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The paradise tree snake is a snake that can glide through the air. It lives in forests in Southeast Asia, where it flattens its body and launches itself from treetops to travel between trees. It is special because it has no legs or wings, yet it can move through the air in a controlled way.1

Ihlala
Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It is mostly found in moist forests and spends its whole life in trees. Encounters with people are rare, but one case involved a snake hanging from a window grill next to a bedroom.1
Ubude
1 m (3.3 ft)3
usayizi ojwayelekile womuntu omdala wesilwane
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.3 km/h (3.3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats mostly lizards and bats. It can also constrict its prey, which means it squeezes the animal to subdue it.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Paradise tree snake
Paradise tree snake. Isithombe: Alan Couch. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • It has a long, cylindrical body with no legs or wings.1
  • When gliding, it stretches its body into a flattened strip using its ribs.1
  • In flight, its body moves in a wave-like motion while its head stays relatively steady.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

It is mildly venomous and has enlarged teeth at the back of the upper jaw, known as rear fangs. Its venom is made in Duvernoy's glands, which are found in many related snakes. The venom is delivered by these rear fangs during a bite.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

It is considered mildly venomous. Because it is uncommon and lives high in trees, bites to people are rare. One reported bite in 2013 was to a 45-year-old woman's right thumb when she tried to close her bedroom windows.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?

Paradise tree snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1 m (3.3 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-6 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-68 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Paradise tree snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It can glide a horizontal distance of 10 metres (33 feet) or more from the top of a tree.1

2

To glide, it flattens its body into a strip by spreading its ribs.1

3

In the air, its cross-section becomes triangular, which helps it glide.1

4

Slow-motion photography shows it moves its body in waves during flight, suggesting controlled flight.1

5

It usually starts a glide with an anchored J-loop take-off.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Chrysopelea paradisi
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Izinsana
It reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous).1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuncane3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Chrysopelea paradisi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Chrysopelea paradisi (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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