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Dog-toothed cat snake

Boiga cynodon

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤吃：肉

The dog-toothed cat snake is a large, nocturnal snake that is active at night. It lives across Southeast Asia, from southern Thailand to the Philippines and Indonesia, and it is often found in gardens, plantations and towns as well as forests. It is a rear-fanged snake, so its venom is delivered through teeth at the back of its mouth.1

生活在

Southeast Asia: southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo and the Philippines1

亚洲

首页

It lives in a wide range of places, from primary and secondary forest to cultivated land, rural gardens and urban areas. It is often found in coconut plantations. In forests it lives in the canopy, high in the trees. On Bali it is relatively common in secondary forests and gardens, especially where trees and bushes grow over rivers and streams.1

长度

2 m (6.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 6.7 公里/小时（4.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mainly on small vertebrates such as birds and bird eggs, and may also take lizards and small bats. It hunts by pursuing and overpowering its prey, using both its jaws and its tail to immobilise it.1

Dog-toothed cat snake的照片 — Dog-toothed cat snake。照片：Bjørn Christian Tørrissen。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

A slender, large snake that can reach more than 2 m in total length1
Yellowish or pale reddish-brown back with dark brown or black crossbars or spots1
A wavy or irregular dark stripe behind each eye, with a dark streak on each side of the head1
Yellowish belly, sometimes plain or marbled with brown1
Strongly enlarged front teeth in the upper and lower jaws. Indonesian populations include black individuals.1

常被误认为： Other similar snakes have a more even or nearly even upper and lower line behind the eye, while this species has a distinctly wavy or irregular one. The closely related Boiga hoeseli is found in the Lesser Sundas east of Bali, including Sumbawa and Flores, and not where this species lives.1

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？

It may have a potent neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. Its effects have been shown to be reversible with neostigmine, a drug that affects nerve signalling, so envenoming from this species can be treated with anticholinesterase therapy.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Its venom may be potent, so any bite should be taken seriously. The effects of the venom have been shown to be reversible with treatment.1

如果它咬人

Envenoming from this species is said to be treatable with anticholinesterase therapy, which is a medical treatment.1
清洗咬伤处，让人保持冷静并就医。有些种类（比如非洲树蛇）可能几小时后才致命。

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 4 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 11 根香蕉首尾相接一样长54 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Dog-toothed cat 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)

Dog-toothed cat snake 约 6.7 公里/小时 (4.2 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

Its venom is neurotoxic, but its effects have been shown to be reversible with a drug called neostigmine.1

It is known to live high in the forest canopy, where it hunts birds, lizards and small bats.1

The eggs often stick together in a clutch, and the young cut a slit from inside the egg about one day before they hatch.1

The black spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) is known to prey on this snake.1

给毒液专家

学名: Boiga cynodon
类别: 后沟牙蛇
家人: Colubridae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It is egg-laying (oviparous). Females lay 6 to 12 eggs per clutch, and the eggs are about 52 mm long and 24.6 mm wide on average.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least concern1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3