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Stejneger's pit viper

Trimeresurus stejnegeri

名字的由來： It is named after Leonhard Stejneger, a Norwegian-born American herpetologist (a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians) who worked at the Smithsonian Institution for over 60 years.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。

Stejneger's pit viper is a venomous snake found across much of Asia, from India and Nepal to southern China and Taiwan. It lives mainly in forests, where its bright green colour helps it blend in with the leaves. Its bite is very painful and destroys the flesh around the wound, so it is one to know about.1

分布在

India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, southern China, Vietnam and Taiwan1

亞洲

首頁

Its preferred habitat is forest, from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level.1

長度

75 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 eats small rodents, birds, frogs and lizards.1

Stejneger's pit viper 的照片 — Stejneger's pit viper。照片：Evan Pickett。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Bright to dark green on the upper body1
Pale green to whitish on the underside1
A stripe along each side, orange or brown below and white above in males; females have a bicoloured or white-only stripe1
Yellow-coloured individuals have been reported1

常被誤認為： In India it is often confused with the snake Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha.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 hemotoxin, a venom that damages blood and body tissue. The bite usually feels extremely painful, like being branded with a hot iron, and the pain can last about 24 hours. Within a few minutes the flesh around the bite dies and turns black, and the wound swells quickly.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。

The bite causes severe pain and tissue death around the wound. The amount of tissue damaged depends on how much venom is injected and how deep the bite is.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）

Stejneger'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)

Stejneger'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

The bite can cause tissue death within minutes, with the damaged skin and muscle turning black.1

It is known by many common names, including bamboo viper, Chinese tree viper and red tail snake.1

It can be found at altitudes from sea level to 2,000 m.1

給毒液專家

學名: Trimeresurus stejnegeri
類群: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: It is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3