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Mount Rungwe bush viper

Atheris rungweensis

名字的由來： Its scientific name, rungweensis, comes from the Rungwe Mountains, the place where the species was first recorded.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

蝰蛇

咬

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The Rungwe tree viper is a venomous snake that lives in bushes and trees in East Africa. It is named after the Rungwe Mountains, where it was first found. It is a striking snake, with colours that range from bright green to black.1

分布在

East Africa: from south-western Tanzania to north-eastern Zambia, and the Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi1

非洲

首頁

It is usually found in low bushes along streams and at the edges of mountain forests, at altitudes of 800–2,000 m. It is occasionally found in moist savanna, woodland and hill forest.1

長度

65 cm (2,1 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,3 km/h（2,1 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Mount Rungwe bush viper 的照片 — Mount Rungwe bush viper。照片：Eric Matthews。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

The ground colour ranges from bright green to green to black.1
A pair of yellow zigzag lines usually runs along the back and sides.1
A row of yellow spots may be present on the sides of the belly scales.1
Snakes from the Sumbawanga region usually have a green, yellow and black pattern.1
Young snakes are dark brown or grey, with a bright yellow tail tip.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 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）

Mount Rungwe bush 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)

Mount Rungwe bush viper 大約 3,3 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

Young snakes look very different from adults, with dark brown or grey bodies and a bright yellow tail tip.1

Its colour pattern is very variable, even between snakes of the same species.1

It is fully arboreal, meaning it lives almost entirely in trees and bushes.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

給毒液專家

學名: Atheris rungweensis
類群: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: It is ovoviviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young that develop inside eggs held in the mother's body.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3