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Golden-crowned snake

Cacophis squamulosus

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

咬吃：肉

The golden-crowned snake is a small venomous snake that lives only in eastern Australia. It is a forest animal, mostly found in rainforest, and it hunts lizards at night. It is worth knowing because it can be mistaken for other crowned snakes.1

分布在

Eastern Australia, from Canberra (ACT) to Cairns (QLD)1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It prefers deep forest, especially rainforest on mountain slopes. It can also turn up in suburbs near waterways and damp areas with ground cover and shelter.1

長度

98 cm (3,2 ft)1

最高速度

大約 6,2 km/h（3,9 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats mostly skinks and other small lizards, which it hunts at night. It may also take frogs and tadpoles.1

Golden-crowned snake 的照片 — Golden-crowned snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

The back is grey-brown to dark brown.1
The belly is orange to pink, with a line of black spots down the middle.1
A pale yellow-brown stripe starts at the snout and sweeps back along both sides of the head, trailing down the neck. This is the 'crown'.1
The dorsal scales are in 15 rows at mid-body.1
Adults average about 50 cm in total length, including the tail.1

常被誤認為： Other crowned snakes, C. krefftii and C. harriettae, have a crown that joins at the back of the head. In the golden-crowned snake the stripe does not join and instead runs down the neck.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 described as mild. Bites from larger individuals may pose a health risk.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

It is only mildly venomous. It is more likely to bluff than to bite, and bites from larger snakes may pose a health risk.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it rears into an S-shape and shows its bright orange belly, mock biting to intimidate.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。
不要清洗咬傷處：醫院可以檢驗留在皮膚上的毒液，選出正確的抗毒血清。

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 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 58 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Golden-crowned 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)

Golden-crowned snake 大約 6,2 km/h (3,9 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its belly is bright orange to pink, which it shows off when it rears up to warn off a threat.1

It hunts mainly at night, mostly for skinks and other small lizards.1

It is the largest of the crowned snakes, although it is still a small species.1

給毒液專家

學名: Cacophis squamulosus
類群: 澳洲的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 澳洲與大洋洲
寶寶: It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs. The number of eggs is not known from this profile.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3