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Chaco lancehead

Bothrops diporus

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

咬伤吃：肉

The Chaco lancehead is a venomous viper that lives in forests across parts of South America. It is one of the main causes of snakebite in Argentina, so it is an important snake to recognise. Its bite can be serious, and it should be left alone.1

生活在

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia1

南美洲

首页

It lives in forests. It has been found in the Vermejo River region, on the border between Paraguay and Argentina.1

长度

70 cm到80 cm (2.3 ft到2.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Its diet is mostly mammals, including rodents, along with frogs and lizards. It has also been seen eating other snakes, including Chironius maculoventris and Epictia albipuncta.1

Chaco lancehead的照片 — Chaco lancehead。照片：Tomás Carranza Perales。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Dark pattern made of fused dark triangles on a lighter base colour1
Two rounded dark blotches at the base of each triangle1
Adults have been seen at around 70 to 80 cm long1

常被误认为： Its pattern is similar to that of Bothrops ayerbei, another viper. The two rounded dark blotches at the base of each triangle are a feature of this species.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: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

It is one of the main causes of snakebite in Argentina. Between 1960 and 1975, about 80% of the roughly 500 cases reported each year were attributed to this species, according to a 1985 study by Esteso.1

如果它咬人

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 1.5 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Chaco lancehead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)

Chaco lancehead 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Around 80% of the snakebite cases reported in Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s were linked to this species.1

Although it eats mostly mammals, it has been seen eating other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy.1

It gives birth to live young, because its eggs hatch inside the mother.1

给毒液专家

学名: Bothrops diporus
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 南美洲
宝宝: It reproduces sexually and is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother and the young are born live.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3