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Ethiopian mountain adder

Bitis parviocula

名字的由来： The specific name parviocula means "small-eyed", from the Latin words parvus (small) and oculus (eye).1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

蝰蛇

咬伤

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The Ethiopian mountain adder is a large venomous viper that lives only in Ethiopia. It has a broad head and striking geometric patterns along its back. Scientists knew very little about it for many years, and it is still being studied.1

生活在

Ethiopia only, on both sides of the Rift Valley, in the Bale Mountains and between Bonga and Jimma1

非洲

首页

It has been found in forested areas west of the Rift Valley, including a forest clearing in an old coffee plantation and the grounds of a brewery in a forest town. In the east it was found in high grassland near a rocky stream. It has been collected at altitudes of 1,700 to 2,800 metres.1

长度

1.3 m (4.3 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.6 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

Ethiopian mountain adder的照片 — Ethiopian mountain adder。照片：Hectonichus。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

It is large, with a broad, flat, triangular head that is distinct from its thin neck.1
A pattern of black hexagons or diamonds runs down the centre of the back, linked by yellow butterfly-shaped markings.1
Black triangular spots with white centres run down the upper flanks, and greenish-grey triangles with yellow edges sit on the lower flanks.1
The head is brown with a dark triangle between the eyes and a dark hammer shape behind it.1
The upper lip scales are white, and the chin and throat are white with black speckling.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？

Its venom was essentially unknown until recently, so its toxicity and make-up are still poorly understood. It is assumed to cause at least some of the bites reported in the densely populated areas where it lives. The venom can be neutralised by SAIMR antivenom.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。

Local people regard it as very dangerous. The only well-documented bite involved a herpetologist from Texas in 2009, who was bitten on the finger by a young captive snake and survived.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？

In the one living specimen studied, it was less irritable than the puff adder and was not inclined to strike, but it hissed when teased and struggled furiously when restrained.1