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Striped coral snake
Calliophis nigrescens
對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。The striped coral snake is a small, venomous snake that lives only in the hills of the Western Ghats in India. It is a member of the cobra family, Elapidae. Its colours change a lot from one snake to another, which makes it an interesting animal to study.1
分布在
Western Ghats, India, including Karwar, Wayanad, Nilgiris, Anamalai and the Travancore hills1
亞洲首頁
It lives in hill country in the Western Ghats, at about 1,200 to 1,800 m (4,000 to 6,000 feet) above sea level.1
長度
1,1 m (3,6 ft)1

怎麼認出牠
- The head and back of the neck are black.1
- A yellow band runs along each side of the head, from the top of the head to behind the corner of the mouth. In some snakes this band is broken into spots.1
- The upper lip is yellow in front of and behind the eye.1
- The underside is a uniform red.1
- The colours on the back vary: some snakes have dark purplish brown bodies with black spots, others have black stripes or red-brown bodies with five black stripes.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: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。
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
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
跟 2 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長
跟 6 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長
可以在 53 秒內跑完 100 公尺(最快的人類需要 9.6 秒)Striped coral 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)
Striped coral snake 大約 6,8 km/h (4,2 mph)
騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)
值得知道
小知識
1
Its colour varieties are linked by gradual changes, so there is no sharp line between one form and another.1
2
The snake's total length can reach 110 cm, and its tail alone measures about 11.5 cm.1
3
The head and neck pattern stays much the same across the colour varieties, even when the body pattern changes.1
知識的出處
- Calliophis nigrescens (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Calliophis nigrescens (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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咬
如果牠咬人