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Dugite

Pseudonaja affinis

名字的由来： The word dugite comes from Nyungar names for the snake, such as toogitj, dukayj and dukitj.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

澳大利亚的蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The dugite is a highly venomous snake found in southern Western Australia and in remote coastal parts of western South Australia. Its venom is potentially one of the most lethal in the world, so it is a snake to treat with great respect. It is common in and around Perth, where it often shelters near buildings.1

生活在

Southern Western Australia and remote coastal western South Australia1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

Dugites live in coastal dunes, heathlands, shrublands and woodlands, and they also do well in degraded places such as golf courses, industrial areas and open farmland. In the Perth metropolitan area, they are one of the most common snakes found next to buildings, where they shelter under concrete slabs, fibro sheeting and roofing tin.1

长度

2 m (6.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 7.8 公里/小时（4.8 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Dugites eat lizards, other snakes, mice and rats. House mice are a main food source for them, which has helped their population grow.1

Dugite的照片 — Dugite。照片：Bradford G. Jones。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Coloured grey, green or brown, but the colours vary widely between individuals, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1
Black scales may be scattered over the body.1
Relatively large scales with a semi-glossy look.1
The head is rather small and not clearly separate from the neck.1
Long and slender body, typically about 1.5 metres in total length.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？

The venom has coagulopathic and procoagulant effects, meaning it disturbs the way blood clots. It is potentially one of the most lethal venoms in the world. In a 2011 case, a boy bitten by a dugite was temporarily paralysed, showing that the venom can affect the nerves and muscles as well as the blood.1

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。

Dugites are potentially lethal. They generally avoid biting people, but the risk of encounters rises during the mating season in October and November. The last recorded human death attributed to a dugite was in August 2015 in South Fremantle. In 2011 a seven-year-old boy was bitten and temporarily paralysed, and he made a full recovery.1

好消息：医生有药（抗毒血清）或治疗方法。1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed they are very shy and often slither away, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

如果它咬人

Prompt medical attention is essential after a bite. In a December 2020 case, a three-year-old girl bitten by a snake believed to be a dugite was quickly immobilised by her grandmother, who wrapped her legs in pressure bandages. She was treated with antivenom in hospital and made a full recovery.1
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 4 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 11 根香蕉首尾相接一样长46 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Dugite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)

Dugite 约 7.8 公里/小时 (4.8 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 potentially one of the most lethal in the world.1

Dugites have become more common because of the house mouse, which is one of their main foods.1

Dugites can lay two clutches of eggs in the same season when conditions are good.1

The Irish activist John Boyle O'Reilly wrote a poem called The Dukite Snake, published in his 1878 collection Songs, Legends and Ballads, based on a bushman's myth.1

In winter, dugites burrow.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Dugites are aggressive and will chase people.

真相： Dugites are very shy and usually slither away when disturbed. They generally avoid biting people, but they will defend themselves if cornered.1

给毒液专家

学名: Pseudonaja affinis
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: Dugites lay eggs, typically around 30 at a time, and leave them to hatch on their own after about 65 days. Under good conditions, they can lay two clutches in one season.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3