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Hutton's pit viper

Tropidolaemus huttoni

名字的由來： The species name huttoni honours Angus Finlay Hutton, a planter and naturalist who discovered it.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

蝮蛇

咬

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

Hutton's pit viper is a venomous snake that is very rare and little known. It belongs to the pit viper group and was first described in 1949 from just two young snakes. It is found only in the southern Western Ghats mountains of India, which makes it special to science.1

分布在

Meghamalai Hills, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, southern India (southern Western Ghats)1

亞洲

首頁

It was found at about 1,590 m on a plateau at the western edge of the Varushanad Hills. The area was once covered by dense tropical rainforest and is now partly covered by tea plantations.1

長度

14 cm (5,4 in)1

最高速度

大約 3,2 km/h（2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

怎麼認出牠

Young snakes are green on the back.1
There is a series of small white spots on both sides of the body.1
A distinct red eye streak runs on both sides of the head.1
The underside is pale green, except the last 25 subcaudal scales (the scales under the tail), which are dull reddish brown.1
The colour and size of adult snakes are unknown.1

常被誤認為： A possible third specimen from the northern Western Ghats shares several features with the T. wagleri complex, so its identity is doubtful.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: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

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 4 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）

Hutton's pit 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)

Hutton's pit 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 species is known from only two young individuals, both described in 1949.1

Despite long-term, targeted surveys of the Meghamalai Hills, it has never been seen there or anywhere else since 1949.1

The forest where it was found has partly been replaced by tea plantations.1

給毒液專家

學名: Tropidolaemus huttoni
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: The two known juveniles were collected together and came from the same brood.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3