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Hime habu

Ovophis okinavensis

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

咬吃：肉

The hime habu is a pit viper, a type of venomous snake. It lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It hunts rodents in open fields, especially sugar cane fields.1

分布在

Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands1

亞洲

首頁

It lives in open woodland, forests, mountains and fields, and in farming areas near streams and ponds. It can also be found around human homes. People are most likely to meet it at night on paths or in crop fields during the day.1

長度

30 cm 到 80 cm (1 ft 到 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

牠吃什麼？

It hunts rodents and other vertebrates in open areas, especially sugar cane fields. It sometimes hunts near human homes.1

Hime habu 的照片 — Hime habu。照片：unknown。 Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Adults are usually 30 to 80 cm long.1
The body is pale greenish-brown or yellowish-olive, sometimes pale brown.1
It has alternating darker brownish or greenish blotches, each edged with yellowish scales.1
The head is large and triangular, clearly wider than the neck, with a narrow dark stripe behind the eye.1

常被誤認為： The name Okinawa habu usually refers to a different species, Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis). The mamushi, which is also a local name for this snake in the Amami language, is the common name for the unrelated species Gloydius blomhoffii.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？

Like most vipers, its venom is mainly haemotoxin, which affects the blood, along with factors that damage cells. The venom is relatively weak. Because of this, it is usually not life-threatening.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。

The venom is usually not life-threatening. People should still seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1

如果牠咬人

Seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1
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）

Hime habu 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)

Hime habu 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 can give birth to live young or lay eggs, depending on environmental conditions.1

Its venom is weaker than that of many vipers, so no antivenom is made for it.1

It is considered a sluggish snake, and people are often bitten when they step on it at night.1

破解迷思

迷思： The name Okinawa habu refers to this snake.

真相： The name Okinawa habu usually refers to Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a different species.1

給毒液專家

學名: Ovophis okinavensis
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: The snake is both egg-laying and live-bearing. Depending on conditions, females either lay eggs or keep them inside to give birth to live young.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3