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Grey snake

Hemiaspis damelii

名字的由來： The specific name damelii honours German entomologist Edward Dämel, who collected Australian specimens for Museum Godeffroy.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

澳洲的蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The grey snake is a small venomous snake found in eastern Australia. It hunts at night, mostly for frogs. It is endangered, and scientists have seen it only a handful of times in the last 65 years.1

分布在

Eastern Australia, from central inland New South Wales to the interior of south-eastern Queensland1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It favours dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands on clay soils, where water bodies or gullies are present. It shelters under rocks, logs and other debris, and in cracks in the soil.1

長度

43 cm 到 60 cm (1,4 ft 到 2 ft)1

最高速度

大約 6,1 km/h（3,8 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats mostly terrestrial frogs (anurans). It rarely eats some scincid lizards. It hunts at night, around sunset, for one to two hours.1

Grey snake 的照片 — Grey snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Olive to grey on the back, with a white to yellowish white belly often flecked with dark grey.1
In some grey snakes, the scales on the flanks are tipped with black.1
Juveniles have a distinctive black head, which fades or sometimes disappears as the snake matures.1
Adults are relatively small, with an average snout-vent length of about 50 cm. Males are slightly larger than females.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 fairly mild. It contains procoagulants, which are substances that make blood clot. The venom causes local pain and swelling around the bite.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。

The venom is unlikely to cause death in humans. However, a bite from a larger snake may be very painful.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 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 59 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Grey 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)

Grey snake 大約 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It has been seen only a handful of times in the past 65 years.1

Recent floods in New South Wales helped researchers find 30 individual snakes.1

Its litter size is linked to the size of the mother, with larger females having more young.1

Newborns take an average of 12 months to mature after birth.1

給毒液專家

學名: Hemiaspis damelii
類群: 澳洲的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 澳洲與大洋洲
寶寶: It gives birth to live young, born fully formed, with 4 to 16 young per litter. Breeding takes place from January to March.1
牠在野外的狀況: Endangered1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3