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Leaf-scaled sea snake

Aipysurus foliosquama

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

咬吃：肉

The leaf-scaled sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It was once found around a few remote reefs off northern Australia, but for a long time it was thought to have disappeared. It was rediscovered in 2015 in Shark Bay, on the coast of Western Australia.1

分布在

Shark Bay, Western Australia; formerly Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs in the Timor Sea1

太平洋, 珊瑚海, 印度洋, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

首頁

It lives in seagrass beds and waters up to 10 metres deep. Its diet is also linked to coral outcrops and crevices, where it hunts fish.1

長度

80 cm (2,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,6 km/h（2,2 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats wrasse and gudgeon fish. It pursues them through coral outcrops and crevices.1

Leaf-scaled sea snake 的照片 — Leaf-scaled sea snake。照片：Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Purple brown in colour1
Recorded length of around 80 cm1
A sea snake, so it has a flattened, paddle-like body shape suited to swimming1
Lives in seagrass beds and near coral1

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

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。
把傷者帶離水中，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太平洋印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

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 50 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Leaf-scaled sea 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？

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Leaf-scaled sea snake 大約 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It was thought to have become extinct at the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but a population was found in Shark Bay in December 2015.1

It is listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species.1

Its previously known habitats, the Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs, are about 1,700 km away from Shark Bay.1

Like other sea snakes, it has no gills. It must come up to the surface regularly to breathe air with its lungs.1

給毒液專家

學名: Aipysurus foliosquama
類群: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 印度洋, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
牠在野外的狀況: Data deficient (IUCN). Listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species; its population is significantly declining.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3