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Kaulback's lance-headed pit viper

Protobothrops kaulbacki

名字的由來： The specific name, kaulbacki, honours British explorer Ronald Kaulback.1

可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠咬了你，要趕快求救。

蝮蛇

咬

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

Kaulback's lance-headed pit viper is a green pit viper that lives only in Asia. It is found in forest, shrubland and grassland in the mountains, at heights of about 1,000 to 1,070 metres. It was first known from just one place in Myanmar, and was later found in Tibet and north-east India.1

分布在

Asia: Myanmar (Upper Burma), Tibet (China) and Arunachal Pradesh (north-east India)1

亞洲

首頁

It prefers forest, shrubland and grassland at altitudes of 1,015 to 1,066 metres (3,330 to 3,497 feet). It is terrestrial and partly arboreal, so it spends time on the ground and also in trees.1

長度

1,4 m (4,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,9 km/h（2,4 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

怎麼認出牠

Green on its upper body, with a row of dark angular spots along the back that may join to form a zigzag stripe.1
The top of the head is black with yellow stripes.1
The underside is grey with large squarish or crescent-shaped yellow spots, but the throat is whitish.1
Has 25 rows of dorsal scales at midbody and 8 upper lip scales, the third of which is the largest.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: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

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 3 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 8 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 92 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Kaulback's lance-headed 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)

Kaulback's lance-headed pit viper 大約 3,9 km/h (2,4 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 partly tree-climbing, which is unusual for a species that is mainly found on the ground.1

Females grow longer than males, reaching a maximum total length of 141 cm compared with 134 cm for males.1

Each egg measures about 2 inches by 1 inch (48 to 53 mm by 26 to 27 mm).1

給毒液專家

學名: Protobothrops kaulbacki
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: The female lays a clutch of 6 to 32 eggs in a hole in the ground and stays with them to guard them.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3