第 0042 號，共 1 402 號

Banded krait

Bungarus fasciatus

名字的由來： The genus name comes from a Telugu word meaning "gold", which refers to the yellow rings around its body.1

可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠咬了你，要趕快求救。

眼鏡蛇、曼巴蛇和環蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

The banded krait is a venomous snake with black and yellow bands around its body. It lives across much of Asia, from India through Southeast Asia to southern China. It matters because its venom is strongly neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, and it can be lethal to people.1

分布在

Indo-Chinese subregion, Malay Peninsula, Indonesian archipelago, southern China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh1

亞洲

首頁

Banded kraits live in forests, farmland and open plains, often near water. They use termite mounds and rodent holes, and they often live near villages because of the rodents and water there.1

長度

2,2 m (7,4 ft)1

最高速度

大約 7,8 km/h（4,8 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

The banded krait feeds mainly on other snakes, but also eats fish, frogs, skinks and snake eggs. It swallows its prey head first, after the venom has made the prey inactive.1

Banded krait 的照片 — Banded krait。照片：Arup2602。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Alternating black and yellow crossbands that go all the way around the body1
Broad, flattened head with arrowhead-like yellow markings on an otherwise black head1
Yellow lips, chin and throat1
Black eyes1
A relatively small tail, about one-tenth of the snake's length1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

The venom mainly contains neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The major effects include vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and dizziness. Severe envenomation can cause respiratory failure, and death may occur through suffocation. The venom can also damage the kidneys if injected.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

A clinical toxicology study gives an untreated mortality rate of 1 to 10 per cent. Contact with humans is rare, and defensive bites are thought to result in very low envenomation. At night the snake is more active and is widely considered more dangerous.1

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When harassed, it usually hides its head under its coils and does not generally attempt to bite.1

如果牠咬人

Polyvalent antivenoms are available in India and Indonesia.1
讓傷者保持不動和冷靜，取下戒指和緊身的東西，並趕快送醫院：抗毒血清就是治療方法。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 12 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 46 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Banded krait 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Banded krait 大約 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

The banded krait's venom yield is the highest of any krait because of its size, even though its toxicity is lower than that of many other kraits.1

It is the longest krait with a distinguishable gold and black pattern.1

It is generally considered timid and docile, and it is shy and rarely seen.1

Banded kraits are mainly nocturnal, and during the day they lie up in grass, pits or drains.1

It is believed to become adult in its third year, at a length of about 914 mm.1

給毒液專家

學名: Bungarus fasciatus
類群: 眼鏡蛇、曼巴蛇和環蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: Little is known about its breeding. One Myanmar female was found incubating eight eggs, and young measure 298 to 311 mm at hatching.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3