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Dubois' sea snake

Aipysurus duboisii

名字的由來： The specific name duboisii honours Belgian naturalist Charles Frédéric Dubois.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。

海蛇

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。

Dubois' sea snake is a sea snake that lives in shallow waters around northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. It is an extremely venomous snake, and it is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It lives among coral reefs and sandy seabeds, so people who snorkel or dive in these waters may meet it.1

分布在

Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the northern, eastern and western coasts of Australia1

印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

首頁

It lives in coral reef flats and over sandy and silty seabeds, down to depths of 80 m. Seaweed, invertebrates, and corals or sponges give it places to shelter.1

長度

1,5 m (4,9 ft)1

最高速度

大約 4 km/h（2,5 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It preys on moray eels and various fish that live on the seafloor.1

Dubois' sea snake 的照片 — Dubois' sea snake。照片：rcrofts。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Adults grow up to 148 cm in total length, including the tail, but are usually around 80 cm.1
The head is slightly wider than the neck.1
The tail is relatively long.1
The chin and throat are lighter in colour than the rest of the body.1
Colour and body pattern vary a great deal between individuals.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？

Its venom is extremely potent. In laboratory tests on mice, it was the most toxic sea snake tested and the third most toxic snake overall, behind the inland taipan and the eastern brown snake. Its fangs are short, at 1.8 mm, and its venom yield is 0.43 mg.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。

It is one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world. It has a medium level of aggression and bites only when provoked, not spontaneously.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

It will bite if provoked, but it does not attack without reason.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太平洋印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

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 45 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Dubois' 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)

Dubois' sea snake 大約 4 km/h (2,5 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is the most venomous sea snake tested, and one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world.1

Its fangs are only 1.8 mm long, which is short for a snake.1

It can live at depths of up to 80 m.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

給毒液專家

學名: Aipysurus duboisii
類群: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
寶寶: It is viviparous, so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3