Nyoka-miti

Nyoka-miti
Nyoka-miti marumaru (Dipsadoboa aulica
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Reptilia (Wanyama wenye damu baridi na magamba ngozini) Oda: Squamata (Mijusi, mijusi-nyungunyungu na nyoka) Nusuoda: Serpentes (Nyoka) Familia: Colubridae (Nyoka walio na mnasaba na kipiri) Oppel, 1811 Nusufamilia: Colubrinae (Nyoka wanaofanana na kipiri) Oppel, 1811 Jenasi: Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 10: D. aulica (Günther, 1864) D. brevirostris (Sternfeld, 1908) D. duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901) D. flavida (Broadley & R. Stevens, 1971) D. shrevei (Loveridge, 1932) D. underwoodi (Rasmussen, 1993) D. unicolor Günther, 1858 D. viridis (W. Peters, 1869) D. weileri (Lindholm, 1905) D. werneri (Boulenger, 1897)

Nyoka-miti ni nyoka wa jenasi Dipsadoboa katika familia Colubridae. Amepewa jina hili kwa sababu hukaa mitini takriban masaa yote.

Nyoka hawa ni warefu kiasi, m 1.4 kwa kipeo lakini sm 60-90 kwa kawaida. Rangi yao ni kijani au kahawia. Spishi kahawia zina kilingo kama marumaru. Rangi hizi zinaweza kuchukuliwa kama rangi za kamafleji.

Kama jina lao linadokeza huishi mitini ambapo hukamata vyura, mijusi-kafiri na vinyonga.

Chonge ni meno ya nyuma lakini sumu yao haina hatari kwa watu.

Spishi

• Dipsadoboa aulica, Nyoka-miti Marumaru (Marbled tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa brevirostris, Nyoka-miti wa Gini (Guinean tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa duchesnii, Nyoka-miti wa Duchesne (Duchesne's tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa flavida, Nyoka-miti Mabaka (Cross-barred tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa shrevei, Nyoka-miti wa Shreve (Shreve's tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa underwoodi, Nyoka-miti wa Underwood (Underwood's tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa unicolor, Nyoka-miti Kijani wa Günther (Günther's gree tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa viridis, Nyoka-miti Kijani wa Laurent (Laurent's gree tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa weileri, Nyoka-miti Mkia-mweusi (Black-tailed gree tree snake)
• Dipsadoboa werneri, Nyoka-miti Kijani wa Usambara (Usambara gree tree snake)

Picha

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  Nyoka-miti kijani wa Laurent

Marejeo

• Spawls, S., Howell, K., Drewes, R. & Ashe, J. (2002) A field guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA.

Viungo vya nje

• Hazinadata ya watambaachi

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