Matilda's horned viper
Matilda's horned viper is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only in the forests of Tanzania. It has bony horn-like points above its eyes, and it was only recorded by scientists in 2011. Its exact location is kept secret to protect it from the illegal pet trade.1
怎麼認出牠
- It has two to three enlarged, horn-like structures above each eye.1
- It is an arboreal forest viper, so it lives in trees and bushes.1
- It can grow to a total length of 64.3 cm, which is large for a viper of its kind.1
常被誤認為: It looks most like the Usambara bush viper (Atheris ceratophora), since both have horn-like structures above the eyes. Matilda's horned viper is larger, and the largest recorded Usambara bush viper measured 51.0 cm.1
毒液力量
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
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)Matilda's horned 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?
小知識
Its exact location has been withheld to protect it from being collected for the illegal pet trade.1
It was found during a biological survey in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between 2010 and 2011.1
The scientists who described it have already set up a captive breeding colony.1
It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, a member of the three-person team that discovered it.1
知識的出處
- Atheris matildae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atheris matildae (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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