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Bibron's stiletto snake

Atractaspis bibronii

名前について： The species name bibronii honours French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1

お医者さんが必要命にかかわることはまれだけど、かまれたらお医者さんへ。

後ろに牙のあるヘビ

かむ食べもの：肉

人への危険: 深刻かまれたらお医者さんへ。死ぬことはとてもまれだよ。

Bibron's stiletto snake is a venomous snake found across southern and eastern Africa. It burrows and hunts other reptiles, often in old termite mounds. Its bite is serious and needs medical treatment, although no deaths have been recorded.1

すんでいる場所

Southern Africa, from central Namibia east to northern South Africa, north to Uganda, eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya and southern coastal Somalia1

アフリカ

ホーム

It lives in fynbos, the Namib Desert, karoo scrub, semi-desert, savannah, grassland, lowland forest and woodland. It is found in old termite mounds, where it hunts burrowing reptiles.1

長さ

55 cm (1.8 ft)1

最高速度

時速約4.7 km（時速2.9マイル）

陸で, おおまかな予想

何を食べるの？

Its main diet is burrowing reptiles found in old termite mounds. It also eats frogs and small mammals.1

Bibron's stiletto snakeの写真 — Bibron's stiletto snake。写真：Matt Muir。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

見分け方

The upper body is a uniform grey, dark brown or black.1
The belly is uniform white or pale yellow, with a series of dark blotches.1
Some specimens with a lighter belly have two or three scale rows on the flanks that are also coloured.1
Adults average 30 to 40 cm in total length, including the tail.1

毒パワー

かむ

かむときに、毒が牙や歯から出るよ。

その毒（かむ・刺す毒）はどうなるの？

Its venom is highly cytotoxic, which means it damages cells. The venom is produced in very small amounts. Bite symptoms usually include mild to intense pain, local swelling with occasional blistering, and necrosis (death of tissue) and swollen lymph nodes near the bite. Dry throat and nausea may appear in the early stages.1

人にとってどれくらい危険？

人への危険: 深刻かまれたらお医者さんへ。死ぬことはとてもまれだよ。

Bites are common in some parts of Africa. It is the third most common cause of serious snakebites in South Africa, after the Mozambique spitting cobra and the puff adder. Snake handlers are often bitten, because the snake can bite while being held by its neck. No deaths have been recorded, but the bite is serious.1

かまれたら

Any bite from this snake needs medical treatment as soon as possible. The bite is serious and treatment will need to be provided by medical staff.1
かまれたところを洗い、その人を落ちつかせて、医療の助けを受けよう。種類によっては（ブームスラングなど）何時間もあとに命にかかわることがあるよ。

まず必ず救急番号（112、000、911）に電話しよう。これは一般的な応急手当の案内で、医療のアドバイスではないよ。応急手当の基本