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Great Lakes bush viper

Atheris nitschei

名字的由來： Its scientific name honours the German zoologist Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902).1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

蝰蛇

咬

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The Great Lakes bush viper is a venomous snake, a type of viper that lives in the forests and swamps of central and eastern Africa. It is a relatively large, stout snake, and its venom can cause severe bleeding inside the body.1

分布在

Forests of the Albertine Rift in central Africa: southern and eastern DR Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia1

非洲

首頁

It prefers wetland and meadow areas, elephant grass marshes and the banks of small streams. It is also found in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at 1,600–2,800 m, and it is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

長度

80 cm (2,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,4 km/h（2,1 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Great Lakes bush viper 的照片 — Great Lakes bush viper。照片：Bree Mc。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

A relatively large and stout bush viper1
Average total length (tail included) is 60 cm, and the maximum is at least 80 cm1
Males are smaller than females1
Known as the black and green bush viper, which suggests its colouring1

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？

Like other species in the genus Atheris, it has highly toxic venom. Not much is known about the venom itself. Envenomation has caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging, which means bleeding inside the body.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

Bites are known to have caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging. Little else is known about how dangerous it is to people.1

如果牠咬人

讓傷者保持不動和冷靜，讓被咬的手臂或腿保持在和心臟一樣的高度，取下戒指和緊身的東西，並趕快送醫院。

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

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 1,5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 4 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 110 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Great Lakes bush viper 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？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Great Lakes bush viper 大約 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It lives in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at heights of up to 2,800 m.1

It is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

The males are smaller than the females.1

給毒液專家

學名: Atheris nitschei
類群: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: The species is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3