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Eyelash viper

Bothriechis schlegelii

名字的由来： Its common name comes from the eyelash-like scales above its eyes, and its scientific name honours Hermann Schlegel, a German ornithologist and herpetologist.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

蝮蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The eyelash viper is a small, tree-living pitviper that lives mainly in the highlands of Colombia. It is named after the eyelash-like scales above its eyes. Its venom can cause serious harm, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

生活在

Colombia, mainly in highland regions1

北美洲, 南美洲

首页

It lives mostly in trees and is adapted to an almost completely tree-living life. It can be found in secondary forests and in coffee and banana plantations.1

长度

55 cm到82 cm (1.8 ft到2.7 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.4 公里/小时（2.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats small tree-dwelling animals, including rodents, bats, frogs, hummingbirds, lizards and occasionally fish. It waits in ambush for prey to pass by, and young snakes sometimes wriggle their tail like a worm to lure frogs or lizards within striking range.1

Eyelash viper的照片 — Eyelash viper。照片：Alejandro Arteaga, R. Alexander Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson Meneses Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio Amorós, Claudia Koch, Stefanie Agne, Jorg。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Modified scales above the eyes that look like eyelashes1
Strongly keeled, or raised, scales covering most of the body1
Wide, triangular head with vertical pupils1
Occurs in a wide range of colours and colour forms (morphs)1
Adults are about 55 to 82 cm long1

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 contains several components that damage tissue, cause swelling and disturb blood clotting. A bite typically causes pain, swelling and bruising at the bite site, and sometimes blisters or local tissue death. Some reports describe rapid local tissue damage followed by clotting problems and acute kidney failure.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。

The snake is not known to be aggressive towards people and tends to avoid creatures larger than itself, but it will strike if repeatedly harassed. Some studies of venom from northern Colombia reported serious effects, including kidney failure.1

它害怕时会做什么？

It is not known to be aggressive and tends to avoid larger creatures, but it will strike if repeatedly harassed.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 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Eyelash viper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)

Eyelash viper 约 3.4 公里/小时 (2.1 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Males perform a courtship ritual called the 'dance of the adders', in which two males rise up in a cobra-like stance and push against each other until one is pushed away or falls.1

Its strike accuracy improves with practice, according to studies of individuals over time.1

Some individuals return to the same ambush sites each year, timing their visits to the spring bird migration.1

Its eyelash-like scales may help it hide by breaking up its outline among the leaves where it rests.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： After a bite, the snake winks its eyelashes at the victim, as some local folktales describe.

真相： No snake can do this. Snakes have no true eyelids and cannot close their eyes. Most reptiles have a thin, membrane-like eyelid that acts as a shield, mainly when resting.1

给毒液专家

学名: Bothriechis schlegelii
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 北美洲, 南美洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, with females carrying the eggs for around six months. A typical brood has 2 to 20 young, each 15 to 20 cm long.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2013)1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3