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Brown forest cobra

Naja subfulva

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。

咬

The brown forest cobra is a snake that lives in forests, thickets and wooded grasslands in East and Central Africa. It was once thought to be the same animal as the forest cobra, but scientists now count it as a separate species. Its brown back and pale throat help people tell it apart from its close relatives.1

分布在

East and Central Africa, from South Africa to Ethiopia and Somalia1

非洲

首頁

Forests, thickets and mostly wooded areas of savanna.1

長度

2,7 m (8,8 ft)1

最高速度

大約 8,7 km/h（5,4 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Brown forest cobra 的照片 — Brown forest cobra。照片：Simon Tonge。 CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Most adults have a brown front half that gradually turns black towards the tail.1
The brown parts often have darker spots or mottling.1
The sides and underside of the head are light, usually cream-coloured.1
The lip scales have dark edges, although these can be faint in some populations.1
Adults from the Lake Victoria area and parts of the Congo Basin are black along the whole back.1

常被誤認為： It is often confused with the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca). The brown forest cobra usually has a brownish front half, often with darker spots, and a light underside that may have faint banding.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: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

如果牠咬人

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 2,5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 15 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 41 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Brown forest cobra 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)

Brown forest cobra 大約 8,7 km/h (5,4 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 longest recorded brown forest cobra measured 269 cm.1

Adults from the Lake Victoria area and parts of the Congo Basin are entirely black on the back.1

For a long time it was thought to be the same as the forest cobra, or a subspecies of it, until differences in its body shape and genes showed it is a separate species.1