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Ethiopian mountain adder

Bitis parviocula

名字的由來： The specific name parviocula means "small-eyed", from the Latin words parvus (small) and oculus (eye).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。

蝰蛇

咬

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

The Ethiopian mountain adder is a large venomous viper that lives only in Ethiopia. It has a broad head and striking geometric patterns along its back. Scientists knew very little about it for many years, and it is still being studied.1

分布在

Ethiopia only, on both sides of the Rift Valley, in the Bale Mountains and between Bonga and Jimma1

非洲

首頁

It has been found in forested areas west of the Rift Valley, including a forest clearing in an old coffee plantation and the grounds of a brewery in a forest town. In the east it was found in high grassland near a rocky stream. It has been collected at altitudes of 1,700 to 2,800 metres.1

長度

1,3 m (4,3 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,6 km/h（2,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Ethiopian mountain adder 的照片 — Ethiopian mountain adder。照片：Hectonichus。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

It is large, with a broad, flat, triangular head that is distinct from its thin neck.1
A pattern of black hexagons or diamonds runs down the centre of the back, linked by yellow butterfly-shaped markings.1
Black triangular spots with white centres run down the upper flanks, and greenish-grey triangles with yellow edges sit on the lower flanks.1
The head is brown with a dark triangle between the eyes and a dark hammer shape behind it.1
The upper lip scales are white, and the chin and throat are white with black speckling.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 was essentially unknown until recently, so its toxicity and make-up are still poorly understood. It is assumed to cause at least some of the bites reported in the densely populated areas where it lives. The venom can be neutralised by SAIMR antivenom.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。

Local people regard it as very dangerous. The only well-documented bite involved a herpetologist from Texas in 2009, who was bitten on the finger by a young captive snake and survived.1

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

In the one living specimen studied, it was less irritable than the puff adder and was not inclined to strike, but it hissed when teased and struggled furiously when restrained.1