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Beautiful pit viper

Trimeresurus venustus

名字的由來： The Latin word venustus means beautiful, and it refers to the snake's striking, intricate colour scheme.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

蝮蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The beautiful pit viper is a green snake with brown or reddish-orange bands along its body. It is venomous and lives in the rainforests and hills of southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia. It spends most of its time in trees.1

分布在

Southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia1

亞洲

首頁

It is mainly arboreal, living in trees. It can be found up to 700 m above sea level in limestone hills, shaded humid valleys, rubber tree plantations, and both primary and secondary rainforests.1

長度

58 cm (1,9 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,3 km/h（2,1 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It hunts mice, frogs and lizards. It uses heat-sensing pits between its nostrils to find prey.1

Beautiful pit viper 的照片 — Beautiful pit viper。照片：Rushenb, Thai National Parks。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Vibrant green to olive green body with brown or reddish-orange bands along its length1
Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back1
Green labials (scales on the upper lip) with brown patches, and a dark stripe behind the eye1
Triangular head, like all pit vipers1
Light orange irises with brown specks1

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？

A bite causes swelling and discolouration of the skin. It also causes local symptoms such as coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting. The venom has a moderate level of toxicity.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The venom has a moderate level of toxicity. All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous.1

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

如果牠咬人

All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous. Green pit viper antivenom is used as treatment.1
讓傷者保持不動和冷靜，讓被咬的手臂或腿保持在和心臟一樣的高度，取下戒指和緊身的東西，並趕快送醫院。

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 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 18 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 110 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Beautiful pit viper 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？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Beautiful pit viper 大約 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Males and females look different. Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back.1

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled, meaning each scale has a raised ridge down its middle.1

It is mainly arboreal, and it can be found at heights of up to 700 m.1

給毒液專家

學名: Trimeresurus venustus
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so she gives birth to live young.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3