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Bombay sea snake

Hydrophis mamillaris

名字的由來： The scientific name mamillaris refers to a small bump at the centre of each scale, which was thought to look like a mammal's nipple.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

海蛇

咬

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The Bombay sea snake is a small, venomous sea snake that lives in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the least studied sea snakes, with few records of it ever being collected. Scientists are still working out where it lives and how many there are.1

分布在

Indian Ocean: all along the Indian coast, off Pakistan, and one record from Sri Lanka1

印度洋, 安達曼海, 阿拉伯海與波斯灣, 孟加拉灣

首頁

It is a sea snake most often met along the coast, and it probably drifts long distances with ocean currents. It is usually found over soft seabeds of sand or mud.1

長度

61 cm 到 81 cm (2 ft 到 2,7 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,8 km/h（2,4 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

怎麼認出牠

Greyish body with black bands; the bands are broader than the scales between them at mid-body, which is unique to this snake in the Indian Ocean.1
Black head with small eyes and a rounded snout of moderate length.1
Black, flattened tail with one to six light-coloured rings that break up on the underside.1
Each scale has a raised bump at its centre.1
A small snake, usually about 61 to 76 cm long.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

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。

It is a venomous sea snake, but it is rare and poorly studied, so little is known about how it affects people.1

如果牠咬人

加壓固定法：用彈性繃帶緊緊包住咬傷處，再往上包住整條手臂或腿，用夾板固定，並讓傷者完全不動，直到救援抵達。
把傷者帶離水中，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印度洋安達曼海阿拉伯海與波斯灣孟加拉灣

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 1,5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 5 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 47 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Bombay sea snake 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？

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Bombay sea snake 大約 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Only one pregnant female has been recorded, so little is known about its breeding.1

No confirmed collections were made between 1926 and modern surveys, which later recorded it in the Gujarat Marine Protected Area off western India.1

給毒液專家

學名: Hydrophis mamillaris
類群: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 印度洋, 安達曼海, 阿拉伯海與波斯灣, 孟加拉灣, 海洋
寶寶: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. A brood is 3 to 4 young, each about 30 cm long at birth.1
牠在野外的狀況: Data Deficient (IUCN)1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3