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Red-naped snake

Furina diadema

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

咬吃：肉

The red-naped snake is a small venomous snake with a bright red or orange patch on the back of its neck. It lives in many parts of eastern and central Australia, mostly hunting at night. It is special because it looks very like the young eastern brown snake, which is far more dangerous.1

分布在

Eastern and central Australia, from Port Augusta in South Australia to Cairns in northern Queensland1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It lives on the ground in dry woodlands and forests, coastal forests and heaths, tussock grasslands and shrublands, and mostly keeps away from wet areas such as rainforests. It shelters under rocks, fallen timber, woodpiles, old sheets of iron, leaves, in ant or termite nests, and in cracks and abandoned burrows.1

長度

45 cm (1,5 ft)1

最高速度

大約 5,9 km/h（3,7 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats small skinks, which are lizards. It kills prey using both venom and constriction, and hunts in restricted places such as burrows and cracks. It eats more in the warmer months.1

Red-naped snake 的照片 — Red-naped snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Small, slim snake, reaching a maximum length of about 45 cm1
Shiny black head and neck, with small black eyes and a head that looks partly flattened1
A white streak on the upper lip1
A well-defined orange or red patch on the back of the neck, shaped like a diamond, crescent or oval1
Red-brown body with dark edges to the scales, so the pattern looks like a net; the belly is cream or white1

常被誤認為： The red-naped snake looks similar to the juvenile eastern brown snake. The eastern brown snake has a lighter band between its dark head and neck. Behaviour is the easiest difference: the eastern brown snake is active in the day, while the red-naped snake is nocturnal and is rarely seen unless its shelter is disturbed.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: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The red-naped snake is venomous, but it is considered harmless to humans. It can bite, and will do so if it is provoked enough.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it strikes out several times with the front of its body raised off the ground, usually with its mouth closed.1

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。
不要清洗咬傷處：醫院可以檢驗留在皮膚上的毒液，選出正確的抗毒血清。

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 2,5 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 14 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 61 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Red-naped 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？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Red-naped snake 大約 5,9 km/h (3,7 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It kills its prey with both venom and constriction, squeezing the prey in its coils.1

Its look is so close to the young eastern brown snake that behaviour is often the only way to tell them apart.1

Its neck patch is one of its clearest markings: an orange or red shape on an otherwise black head and neck.1

It is nocturnal, so it is rarely seen unless its hiding place is disturbed.1

給毒液專家

學名: Furina diadema
類群: 澳洲的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 澳洲與大洋洲
寶寶: It lays eggs. Recorded clutches range from 1 to 10 eggs, with an average of 3. Young hatch in January, or February in cooler regions, and become adults within a year.1
牠在野外的狀況: Threatened (listed in Victoria)1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3