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Fea's viper

Azemiops feae

名字的由来： It is named after Leonardo Fea, an Italian explorer who collected the first specimen.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝰蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

Fea's viper is a venomous snake that lives in the mountains of Southeast Asia. It is special because scientists once thought it was one of the most primitive vipers, but later studies showed it is more closely related to the pit vipers. It can also be found on roadsides, in rice fields and around homes.1

生活在

Northern Vietnam, southern China, southeast Myanmar and southeast Tibet1

亚洲

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It lives in mountain areas up to 1000 m, where it prefers cooler climates. It is sometimes found on roadsides, in straw and grass, in rice fields, and in and around homes. In Vietnam it favours forests of bamboo and tree ferns, with rotting leaf litter, rock outcrops and streams.1

长度

77 cm (2.5 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It apparently feeds on small mammals, such as shrews and newborn mice. In captivity it fed only at night, and prey was often not released after being struck.1

Fea's viper的照片 — Fea's viper。照片：Internet Archive Book Images, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)。 Public domain, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

The body is shiny, deep blue-grey to black, with several widely spaced, thin white-orange crossbands.1
The head is orange to slightly yellow, with a cross-pattern outlined in grey.1
The eyes are yellowish with vertical pupils.1
The scales are smooth, not keeled, and arranged in 17 rows at midbody.1
Adults are no longer than about 77 cm.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 is remarkably similar to that of Wagler's viper. Its venom does not cause blood clotting, bleeding or muscle breakdown, according to the studies described. One toxin, azemiopsin, blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in muscles, which interferes with signals that tell muscles to move.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, it flattens its body to look wider, flares its jaws so the head looks triangular, sometimes vibrates its tail, and then may strike.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 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Fea's 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)

Fea's viper 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its fangs are hollow and rotate, but they are short. It also has a blade-like structure on the underside of the fang, which is seen only in a few other snake groups.1

It has large head shields like colubrids and elapids, instead of the many small scales found on most vipers.1

It hibernates during the winter, which is unusual for most vipers.1

It is thought to be crepuscular, which means it is most active at dusk and dawn, and it is active from early March into late November.1