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Brown vine snake

Oxybelis aeneus

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

咬吃：肉

The brown vine snake is a slim snake that lives mostly in trees. It is so good at blending in that it is often mistaken for a vine. It has mild venom and is not considered dangerous to people.1

分布在

Southern Mexico to northern South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. Endemic to the Americas.1

北美洲, 南美洲

首頁

It mostly lives in trees and is mainly active during the day.1

長度

1,5 m (4,9 ft)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 6 km/h（3,7 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It feeds mainly on lizards, especially anoles, but also eats frogs, small rodents and birds.1

Brown vine snake 的照片 — Brown vine snake。照片：Inacio Oliveira。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Often mistaken for a vine, because of its shape and how it moves through trees.1
Smooth scales, arranged in 17 rows around the middle of the body.1
No loreal scale (the small scale between the eye and the nose), and 8–10 upper labials (the scales along the upper lip).1

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？

It is a mildly venomous rear-fanged snake, which means its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is mild.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

It is not considered dangerous to humans.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it sometimes releases foul-smelling secretions from its vent.1

如果牠咬人

清洗咬傷處，讓傷者保持冷靜，並且就醫。有些種類（例如非洲樹蛇）可能在幾個小時後才致命。

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 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 8 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 60 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Brown vine 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？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Brown vine snake 大約 6 km/h (3,7 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

When threatened, it can release a foul-smelling liquid from its vent.1

It is so often mistaken for a vine that its shape and movement help it stay hidden in trees.1

Lizards, mostly anoles, make up the largest part of its diet.1

給毒液專家

學名: Oxybelis aeneus
類群: 後毒牙蛇
家人: Colubridae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 北美洲, 南美洲
寶寶: It lays eggs (oviparous), with clutches of 3–6 eggs. In Arizona, hatching occurs in September.1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3