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Broad-headed snake

Hoplocephalus bungaroides

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

咬伤吃：肉

The broad-headed snake is a small to medium-sized venomous snake that lives only in the Sydney Basin in New South Wales, Australia. It is black with yellow markings and is rare today, so it is protected. It is easy to mistake for a young diamond python.1

生活在

Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

In the colder months, adults and young shelter in crevices in sandstone outcrops on exposed cliff edges. In spring, adult males and non-breeding females move to nearby woodlands and forests, and they use hollow trees in summer. Its rocky habitat is being lost to urbanisation and to rock removal for landscaping.1

长度

90 cm (3 ft)1

最高速度

约 6.2 公里/小时（3.9 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds infrequently on small reptiles and mammals. Juveniles mostly eat Lesueur's velvet gecko and sometimes small skinks, while adults also eat other lizards, small snakes and mice.1

Broad-headed snake的照片 — Broad-headed snake。照片：Lawrence Hylton。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Black, with numerous irregular yellow markings arranged in narrow cross-bands.1
Small to medium-sized, averaging 60 cm in total length including the tail, though some records show lengths up to 90 cm.1
Often found on sandstone cliffs and rocks in the colder months, and in hollow trees in summer.1

常被误认为： The young diamond python is superficially very similar and lives in the same habitat, so inexperienced people can easily confuse the two. In 2023, a man was bitten in the Southern Highlands of NSW after capturing a broad-headed snake he believed was a diamond python.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 venomous and can bite. In 2023, a man was bitten after capturing one he believed was a diamond python to show his children.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。
不要清洗咬伤处：医院可以检测皮肤上残留的毒液，以选择正确的抗毒血清。

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 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长58 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Broad-headed 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？

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

Broad-headed snake 约 6.2 公里/小时 (3.9 mph)

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

值得了解

事实

In one documented case, a snake survived a fast lasting twelve months.1

Males take five years to reach maturity, and females take six.1

It was once common in parts of Sydney, including around Sydney Harbour.1

给毒液专家

学名: Hoplocephalus bungaroides
类别: 澳大利亚的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young, not eggs. Each litter has 4 to 12 offspring, born between January and April, and mature females produce a litter every two years.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Endangered in New South Wales; Vulnerable under Commonwealth legislation1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3