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Bombay sea snake

Hydrophis mamillaris

名字的由来： The scientific name mamillaris refers to a small bump at the centre of each scale, which was thought to look like a mammal's nipple.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

海蛇

咬伤

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The Bombay sea snake is a small, venomous sea snake that lives in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the least studied sea snakes, with few records of it ever being collected. Scientists are still working out where it lives and how many there are.1

生活在

Indian Ocean: all along the Indian coast, off Pakistan, and one record from Sri Lanka1

印度洋, 安达曼海, 阿拉伯海和波斯湾, 孟加拉湾

首页

It is a sea snake most often met along the coast, and it probably drifts long distances with ocean currents. It is usually found over soft seabeds of sand or mud.1

长度

61 cm到81 cm (2 ft到2.7 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.8 公里/小时（2.4 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

怎样认出它

Greyish body with black bands; the bands are broader than the scales between them at mid-body, which is unique to this snake in the Indian Ocean.1
Black head with small eyes and a rounded snout of moderate length.1
Black, flattened tail with one to six light-coloured rings that break up on the underside.1
Each scale has a raised bump at its centre.1
A small snake, usually about 61 to 76 cm long.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

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。

It is a venomous sea snake, but it is rare and poorly studied, so little is known about how it affects people.1

如果它咬人

加压固定法：用有弹性的绷带紧紧缠住咬伤处，再缠满整条肢体，用夹板固定，让人完全不动，直到救援到来。
把人带出水面，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印度洋安达曼海阿拉伯海和波斯湾孟加拉湾

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 1.5 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长47 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Bombay sea snake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？

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

Bombay sea snake 约 3.8 公里/小时 (2.4 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

Only one pregnant female has been recorded, so little is known about its breeding.1

No confirmed collections were made between 1926 and modern surveys, which later recorded it in the Gujarat Marine Protected Area off western India.1

给毒液专家

学名: Hydrophis mamillaris
类别: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 印度洋, 安达曼海, 阿拉伯海和波斯湾, 孟加拉湾, 海洋
宝宝: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. A brood is 3 to 4 young, each about 30 cm long at birth.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Data Deficient (IUCN)1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3