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Speckled brown snake

Pseudonaja guttata

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

咬吃：肉

The speckled brown snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of northeastern Australia. Its venom is strong, so it is important to know what it looks like and to keep well away from any snake you see. It belongs to the brown snake group, which includes some of Australia's best-known venomous snakes.1

分布在

Northeastern Australia: eastern Northern Territory, western Queensland and far northern South Australia1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It lives in the Channel Country, the Mitchell Grass Downs and the Mount Isa Inlier, all in the north and east of the country.1

長度

1,4 m (4,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 6,9 km/h（4,3 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

Frogs and lizards make up a large part of its diet. It also eats small birds and mammals.1

Speckled brown snake 的照片 — Speckled brown snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Small head.1
Straw-yellow to orange upper parts.1
White throat and lips.1
Cream, yellow or white underparts blotched with orange.1
Scales with black edges that show when the snake bends or moves. Some snakes have wide, darker bands.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？

Its venom is 1.6 times as toxic as that of the Indian cobra (Naja naja), a well-known venomous snake of Asia.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。

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 3 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 8 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 52 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Speckled brown 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)

Speckled brown snake 大約 6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

A 2016 genetic analysis showed that the speckled brown snake is an early offshoot of the lineage that gave rise to the taipans, rather than of the other brown snakes.1

The curl snake (Suta suta) has been reported preying on speckled brown snakes at Goyder Lagoon in South Australia.1

It grows to about 1.4 metres long, which is one of the largest sizes in its group.1