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Pope's pit viper

Trimeresurus popeiorum

名字的由來： The scientific name popeiorum honours the American herpetologists (reptile and amphibian scientists) Clifford H. Pope and his wife Sarah H. Pope.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。

Pope's pit viper is a venomous snake that lives in mountain forests in northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. It is green and hunts at night, mostly in trees. Its venom is dangerous to people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

分布在

Northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos1

亞洲

首頁

It is found in forests in mountainous regions. It is nocturnal and arboreal, meaning it is active at night and lives in trees.1

長度

77 cm (2,5 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,5 km/h（2,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It preys on frogs, lizards, birds and rodents, especially rats and squirrels.1

Pope's pit viper 的照片 — Pope's pit viper。照片：Rushenb。 CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Green on top, and pale green to whitish underneath1
A bright stripe along each side. In males it is white on top and orange or brown underneath. In females it is white.1
21 rows of dorsal (back) scales at the middle of the body in most individuals1
Males have a tail base that is enlarged, which helps tell the sexes apart1

常被誤認為： It is most often confused with T. s. stejnegeri. The two have clearly different hemipenes (the male reproductive organs), so telling them apart reliably needs a male and a close examination of the hemipenes. They are not known to share the same range. It is also closely related to Trimeresurus yunnanensis, which is usually told apart by its 19 midbody scale rows instead of 21.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

It has a potent hemotoxic venom, which harms the blood and the body's tissues.1

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。

Its venom is dangerous to humans.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

If threatened, it vibrates its tail.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 100 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Pope's 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)

Pope's pit viper 大約 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Newborn young are about 18 cm long, which is a large size for a snake at birth.1

Its tail base is enlarged in males, which is a feature used to tell males apart from females.1

給毒液專家

學名: Trimeresurus popeiorum
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: It gives birth to live young. In India, sexually mature females give birth in April and May, with an average of 10 young per birth.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3