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Spotted mulga snake

Pseudechis butleri

名字的由來： The species name butleri honours the naturalist W. H. "Harry" Butler, who worked on conservation.1

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。

澳洲的蛇

咬

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 spotted mulga snake is a venomous snake that lives only in Western Australia. It is found in the Murchison region, in dry woodland with stony or loamy soil. Its yellow spots and the way it raises its head and hood like a cobra make it easy to recognise.1

分布在

Western Australia only, in the Murchison region (endemic)1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It lives in Acacia woodlands on stony and loamy soils, and sometimes among rocks. Its recorded range reaches Mullewa in the north, Leonora in the south and Laverton in the east.1

長度

1,6 m (5,2 ft)1

最高速度

大約 7,8 km/h（4,8 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

怎麼認出牠

Its body is spotted with yellow or yellow-green scales.1
Most of the upper body has yellow or brownish scales with black bases, though some specimens have all-black scales on the back.1
The head and neck are mostly black.1
The belly scales are black-based and bright yellow.1
It usually reaches no more than 1.6 m in total length, including the tail.1

常被誤認為： The mulga snake or king brown (Pseudechis australis) is larger and more widespread, and the two can live in the same areas of central Western Australia. The mulga snake has reddish-brown belly scales with cream edges, while the spotted mulga snake has bright yellow belly scales with black bases. The spotted mulga snake also has fewer belly scales. The black snake of eastern Australia (Pseudechis porphyriacus) has pink or red belly scales.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 contains systemic myotoxins, which are toxins that spread through the whole body and act on muscle. The species can produce a very large amount of venom.1

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 genus Pseudechis is described as dangerously venomous. The spotted mulga snake can produce a very large amount of venom.1

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it raises its head and shows its hood in a cobra-like display to intimidate an opponent.1

如果牠咬人

Treatment for envenomation is the same as for the mulga snake, using black snake antivenom.1
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 9 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 46 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Spotted mulga 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)

Spotted mulga snake 大約 7,8 km/h (4,8 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its belly scales are bright yellow, which sets it apart from the closely related mulga snake.1

The first known specimen of this species was a female carrying eggs, collected at the Yalgoo region in 1963.1

Mating takes place in October and November, and the eggs are laid in December.1

給毒液專家

學名: Pseudechis butleri
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. A clutch has 7 to 12 eggs, laid in December, and the young hatch after 65 to 80 days.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3