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Dwyer's snake

Suta dwyeri

名字的由来： The specific name, dwyeri, honours Australian herpetologist (reptile scientist) John Dwyer.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

澳大利亚的蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Dwyer's snake is a small, shy, venomous snake that lives only in Australia. It hunts small lizards at night and hides under rocks and leaf litter during the day. Its bite is considered weakly venomous, but it still deserves respect.1

生活在

Australia, from New South Wales to South Queensland1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It is a secretive snake that shelters under rocks, debris and ground litter, and sometimes in burrows made and abandoned by other animals. It prefers open woodland, grassland and rocky areas.1

长度

29 cm到31 cm (11.4 in到1 ft)1

最高速度

约 5.8 公里/小时（3.6 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mainly on small lizards such as geckos and skinks.1

Dwyer's snake的照片 — Dwyer's snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Cylindrical brown body with a slender to medium build1
Short head that is somewhat widened, so it stands out from the neck1
Short tail and smooth dorsal (upper body) scales1
Medium-sized eye with a vertically elliptical (oval, upright) pupil1
Adult males average 31 cm and females about 29 cm1

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？

Dwyer's snake has hollow fangs at the front of the upper jaw. These fangs connect through ducts to venom glands near the eyes. Herpetologists at the Queensland Museum describe its venom as weakly venomous.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。

The Queensland Museum does not list Dwyer's snake among the eight snake species in the Brisbane area considered capable of inflicting potentially fatal bites. One man in Western Sydney reported that a bite did not hurt at all, and only a small infection developed a couple of days later.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When threatened, it prefers to coil into a tight ball, which protects its head and other vulnerable parts of its body from larger predators.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 10 块玩具积木排成一排一样长62 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Dwyer's 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)

Dwyer's snake 约 5.8 公里/小时 (3.6 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

When it is threatened, it coils into a tight ball to protect its head.1

One bite victim found that a fang had been left in his finger after the snake struck.1

Despite being closely related to Australian sea snakes, Dwyer's snake lives on land.1

Like most Australian elapids (a family of venomous snakes), it is shy and inoffensive.1

It is active at night, which is why it is described as nocturnal.1

给毒液专家

学名: Suta dwyeri
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 rather than laying eggs. A brood usually has about three offspring, and newborns are about 13 cm long.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3