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Greek meadow viper

Vipera graeca

名字的由來： It is named after the Greek mountain meadows where it lives.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

蝰蛇

咬吃：昆蟲

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The Greek meadow viper is a small venomous snake that lives in mountain meadows in Albania and Greece. It was once thought to be a type of meadow viper, but scientists now see it as its own species. Its bite is venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

分布在

Albania and Greece, mainly in the Hellenides and Pindos mountain ranges1

歐洲

首頁

It lives in grassy mountain meadows at high elevations, between 1,600 and 2,300 metres. The limestone ground there is grassy and has shrubs, and most sightings have been near these shrubs.1

長度

44 cm (1,4 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,2 km/h（2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats mainly insects, especially grasshoppers and crickets from the Orthoptera group. Wing-buzzing grasshoppers, bush crickets and wart-biters are its most common prey.1

Greek meadow viper 的照片 — Greek meadow viper。照片：Konstantinos Kalaentzis。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Small body, with a maximum snout-vent length of about 40 to 44 cm, depending on sex. Females are larger.1
Maximum tail length of about 4 to 5 cm. Males have longer tails.1
Dark spots are absent from the sides and top of the head, except for stripes behind the eyes and at the back of the head.1
White or brownish-grey underside.1
A sharp zigzag pattern along the back. Some males and young show a faint similarity to the meadow viper.1

常被誤認為： It is often compared with the meadow viper (Vipera ursinii), which it closely resembles. The Greek viper has no dark spots on the head sides or top, apart from the head stripes, and it has different scale counts. Some males and juveniles show faint pattern similarities.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

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。

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 2,5 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 14 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 110 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Greek meadow 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)

Greek meadow viper 大約 3,2 km/h (2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

The red fox, common kestrel and short-toed snake eagle are the only known predators of this viper.1

It is most common at high elevations, where annual temperatures average about 6 °C and snow lies until summer.1

Scientists were not sure it was a separate species until 2012, when DNA analysis showed it was its own species.1

給毒液專家

學名: Vipera graeca
類群: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 歐洲
寶寶: It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother, and she gives birth to live young.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3