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Sri Lankan green vine snake

Ahaetulla nasuta
Mayelana negama: The genus name Ahaetulla comes from Sinhalese words meaning "eye plucker", from an old belief that these snakes pluck out human eyes. The species name nasuta is Latin for "of the nose", after its long snout.1
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The Sri Lankan green vine snake is a slim, bright green tree snake. It lives only in Sri Lanka, mostly in forests and bush near streams and villages. It is mildly venomous, and its unusual horizontal pupils make it easy to recognise.1

Ihlala
Endemic to Sri Lanka, in the wet zone's lowland and montane rainforests1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives in lowland forest and bush, often near streams and human settlements, so people may meet it in villages and gardens. It spends most of its time in trees.1
Ubude
1.9 m (6.2 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.6 km/h (3.5 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It mainly eats lizards and frogs, and sometimes other snakes, birds and mammals. It hunts slowly by extending its body and swaying gently, like a tree branch.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Sri Lankan green vine snake
Sri Lankan green vine snake. Isithombe: Davidvraju. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Long, slender body with a very pointed snout1
  • Bright green to pale brownish colour1
  • A yellow line runs along each side of the lower body1
  • Black-and-white patterned skin shows between the scales1
  • Horizontal pupils, unlike the vertical slit pupils of many vipers1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It was once grouped with several other green vine snakes across India and Southeast Asia. Recent studies have split these into separate species, and the Sri Lankan form is now restricted to Sri Lanka.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The snake is mildly venomous. Its bite causes a moderate reaction, with localised pain, swelling, bruising and numbness. These symptoms usually fade within three days.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Bites usually do not need medical attention. Some bites near vital organs could be more severe.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When disturbed, it expands its body to show a black-and-white scale marking and opens its mouth in a threat display.1

Uma siluma

  • Bites typically do not require medical attention, but bites near vital organs could be more severe.1
  • 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 Lankan green vine snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.9 m (6.2 ft)Ibhayisikili lomuntu omdala cishe 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto cishe 4.5 m (15 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-4 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-11 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-64 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Sri Lankan green vine snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Western internet users have humorously nicknamed it the "judgmental shoelace", because of its long, thin body and narrowed-looking eyes.1

2

Its horizontal pupils are very unusual among snakes.1

3

Its name comes from an old Sinhalese belief that it plucks out human eyes. A Portuguese traveller first reported this belief in 1685.1

4

It hunts by camouflage, slowly swaying to look like a branch.1

5

A female at London Zoo, kept in isolation from August 1885, gave birth in August 1888.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Ahaetulla nasuta
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Izinsana
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the young develop inside the mother's body, enclosed in an egg membrane, and are born live.1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuncane3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Ahaetulla nasuta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ahaetulla nasuta (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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