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Sri Lanka cat snake

Boiga ceylonensis
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi 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

Ihlala
Sri Lanka only (endemic to the island)1
I-Asia
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
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.3 km/h (3.3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts prey such as geckos. It searches for them at night, including inside houses.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Sri Lanka cat snake
Sri Lanka cat snake. Isithombe: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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 obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

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: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi 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

Senzani uma sesabile?

When disturbed or cornered, it boldly strikes out.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?

Sri Lanka cat snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.2 m (4 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-7 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-68 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Sri Lanka cat snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It often enters human homes to hunt geckos.1

2

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

3

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

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: It lives in the Western Ghats of India.

Iqiniso: 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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Boiga ceylonensis
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Ingozi ebantwini
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  1. Boiga ceylonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Boiga ceylonensis (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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