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Beautiful pit viper

Trimeresurus venustus

名字的由来： The Latin word venustus means beautiful, and it refers to the snake's striking, intricate colour scheme.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝮蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The beautiful pit viper is a green snake with brown or reddish-orange bands along its body. It is venomous and lives in the rainforests and hills of southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia. It spends most of its time in trees.1

生活在

Southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia1

亚洲

首页

It is mainly arboreal, living in trees. It can be found up to 700 m above sea level in limestone hills, shaded humid valleys, rubber tree plantations, and both primary and secondary rainforests.1

长度

58 cm (1.9 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.3 公里/小时（2.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts mice, frogs and lizards. It uses heat-sensing pits between its nostrils to find prey.1

Beautiful pit viper的照片 — Beautiful pit viper。照片：Rushenb, Thai National Parks。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Vibrant green to olive green body with brown or reddish-orange bands along its length1
Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back1
Green labials (scales on the upper lip) with brown patches, and a dark stripe behind the eye1
Triangular head, like all pit vipers1
Light orange irises with brown specks1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

A bite causes swelling and discolouration of the skin. It also causes local symptoms such as coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting. The venom has a moderate level of toxicity.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The venom has a moderate level of toxicity. All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous.1

好消息：医生有药（抗毒血清）或治疗方法。1

如果它咬人

All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous. Green pit viper antivenom is used as treatment.1
让人保持安静不动，被咬的肢体与心脏保持同一高度，摘下戒指和紧身物品，尽快送医院。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长和 18 块玩具积木排成一排一样长110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Beautiful pit viper和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Beautiful pit viper 约 3.3 公里/小时 (2.1 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Males and females look different. Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back.1

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled, meaning each scale has a raised ridge down its middle.1

It is mainly arboreal, and it can be found at heights of up to 700 m.1

给毒液专家

学名: Trimeresurus venustus
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so she gives birth to live young.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3