Stephens' banded snake
Stephens' banded snake is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only on the east coast of Australia. It is highly venomous, and its venom affects the blood, so it is one of the snakes that people should give plenty of space. It spends most of its life high in the trees of forests.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Alternating bands of grey or black and dirty-white along the back, with over 40 of each colour from the back of the head to the tip of the tail1
- A flat, mostly dirty-white belly, with occasional grey splotches towards the head and tail1
- A dark brown top of the head, with pale blotches or bars along the lips1
- A slender body with a broadened, arrow-shaped head1
- Mostly active at night, and often found in tree hollows high in the canopy1
Sovint es confon amb: Its closest relatives are the broad-headed snake, which shares its coastal range, and the pale-headed snake, which lives further inland. All three are tree-dwelling snakes in the same genus.1
Poder del verí
El verí surt pels ullals o les dents quan mossega.
Què fa el seu verí?
Its venom is procoagulant, meaning it makes blood clot. It contains prothrombinase, which triggers the production of thrombin in the blood, causing tiny clots throughout the body. Symptoms include nausea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and sweating. If left untreated, the clotting leads to excessive bleeding as blood vessels rupture.1
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: GreuUna mossegada necessita un metge. Les morts són molt rares.It is described as a ready biter, and its envenoming is potentially fatal. Only one death has been recorded: an elderly man in his 60s in Kalang, New South Wales, whose rescue was delayed by torrential rain and floods.1
Bona notícia: els metges tenen un medicament (l'antiverí) o un tractament per a això.1
Què fa quan té por?
It is described as nervous and defensive towards other animals, and it is a ready biter when threatened.1
Si mossega
- Victims have been successfully treated with up to four doses of 3,000 unit tiger snake antivenom. The wounded person must be transported to hospital for medical treatment.1
- Immobilització amb pressió: embolica amb una bena elàstica ferma la mossegada i després tota l'extremitat, posa-hi una fèrula i mantén la persona completament quieta fins que arribi l'ajuda.
- No rentis la mossegada: a l'hospital poden analitzar el verí que queda a la pell per triar l'antiverí correcte.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n mossega un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
Quant pesa?
fa de llarg com 2,5 gats de casa del nas a la cua
fa de llarg com 7 plàtans en fila
podria recórrer 100 metres en 55 segons (l'humà més ràpid necessita 9,6)Que gran és Stephens' banded snake comparat amb TU?
Només càlculs al teu navegador. No es desa ni s'envia res enlloc.
Com de ràpid va?
Dades
It is one of the few mainly tree-dwelling elapid snakes in Australia.1
A single individual may use up to 30 different trees within its range.1
It hibernates, or brumates, for up to five months through winter inside a tree hollow.1
Males may use home ranges averaging 20.2 hectares, while females average 5.4 hectares.1
It is the largest species in the genus Hoplocephalus, and females are usually larger than males.1
It is slow to mature, with males reaching sexual maturity at three years and females at four years.1
Per a experts en verins
- Nom científic
- Hoplocephalus stephensii
- Grup
- Serps australianes
- Família
- Elapidae2
- Ordre
- Squamata
- Continents
- Austràlia i Oceania
- Cries
- It gives birth to live young, with between one and nine offspring per litter. Females are only pregnant every two years.1
- Com li va a la natura
- Near Threatened (IUCN Red List)1
- Perill per a les persones
- 3 / 5: Greu3
D'on surten les dades
- Stephens's banded snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hoplocephalus stephensii (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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