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Kanburi pit viper

Trimeresurus kanburiensis

名字的由來： The scientific name kanburiensis comes from Kanburi, the town now called Kanchanaburi, near where it was first recorded.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

蝮蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The Kanburi pit viper is a heavily built, tree-dwelling snake that lives in a few limited areas of Thailand. It is highly venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like and to keep well away from it. Scientists only recently confirmed that it is a separate species.1

分布在

Thailand, in a few limited areas, including near Kanchanaburi and in northern Thailand1

亞洲

首頁

It lives in forest and open woodland, in areas of open hills. It shelters in the foliage during the heat of the day and is active at night.1

長度

76 cm (2,5 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？

Adults eat mammals and birds. Young snakes probably also eat frogs and lizards.1

Kanburi pit viper 的照片 — Kanburi pit viper。照片：Rushenb。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Heavily built body.1
Brown or tawny colour.1
Often brown with faint patterns, or tawny with dull brown blotches and spots.1
A stripe along each side of the body.1
The first three upper lip scales (supralabial scales) are much enlarged.1

常被誤認為： It is often confused with the mangrove pit viper. The two can be told apart by the first three upper lip scales, which are much larger in the Kanburi pit viper.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。

It is described as highly venomous.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 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）

Kanburi 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)

Kanburi pit 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 is mainly active at night, but it has been seen basking in the sun during the day.1

It is an arboreal snake, meaning it lives mainly in trees and bushes.1

It gives birth to live young, which develop inside the mother's body.1

破解迷思

迷思： It is the same snake as the mangrove pit viper.

真相： The two are often confused, but they are different species. The first three upper lip scales are much enlarged in the Kanburi pit viper, which tells them apart.1