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Spine-bellied sea snake

Hydrophis curtus

可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠咬了你，要趕快求救。

咬吃：肉

The spine-bellied sea snake is a snake that lives entirely in the sea. It is found in warm tropical waters from the Persian Gulf to northern Australia and Japan. It is highly venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

分布在

Warm tropical waters from the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean through South-East Asia to northern Australia, Japan and New Guinea1

印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 南海, 安達曼海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉灣

首頁

It lives fully in the sea, in warm, tropical coastal waters. Like most sea snakes, it is restricted to these warmer waters.1

長度

90 cm (3 ft)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 3,9 km/h（2,4 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

Spine-bellied sea snake 的照片 — Spine-bellied sea snake。照片：unknown。 Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Both sexes have spiny scales along the body.1
Males have more highly developed spines than females.1
It is a front-fanged elapid, a group of snakes with fixed fangs at the front of the mouth.1
The number of belly scales varies widely between individuals.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: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

The species is highly venomous. It is a front-fanged elapid, so its bite is delivered by fangs at the front of the mouth.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。
把傷者帶離水中，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太平洋印度洋珊瑚海南海安達曼海帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海孟加拉灣

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 2 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 5 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 46 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Spine-bellied sea 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？

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Spine-bellied sea snake 大約 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Scales on the front of its head are sensitive to water movement, which helps it find prey, predators and mates.1

Its sensitivity to water vibrations has been measured, and it responds to low amplitude motions at 100 to 150 Hz.1

People collect it for food, for medicine and for its skin.1

It is a fully marine snake that gives birth to live young in the sea.1

Genetic studies suggest it may be several separate groups, with the Indian Ocean and West Pacific populations genetically isolated from each other.1

給毒液專家

學名: Hydrophis curtus
類群: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 南海, 安達曼海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉灣, 海洋
寶寶: It is viviparous, which means it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3