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Great Lakes bush viper

Atheris nitschei

名字的由来： Its scientific name honours the German zoologist Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902).1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝰蛇

咬伤

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The Great Lakes bush viper is a venomous snake, a type of viper that lives in the forests and swamps of central and eastern Africa. It is a relatively large, stout snake, and its venom can cause severe bleeding inside the body.1

生活在

Forests of the Albertine Rift in central Africa: southern and eastern DR Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia1

非洲

首页

It prefers wetland and meadow areas, elephant grass marshes and the banks of small streams. It is also found in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at 1,600–2,800 m, and it is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

长度

80 cm (2.6 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

Great Lakes bush viper的照片 — Great Lakes bush viper。照片：Bree Mc。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

A relatively large and stout bush viper1
Average total length (tail included) is 60 cm, and the maximum is at least 80 cm1
Males are smaller than females1
Known as the black and green bush viper, which suggests its colouring1

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？

Like other species in the genus Atheris, it has highly toxic venom. Not much is known about the venom itself. Envenomation has caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging, which means bleeding inside the body.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。

Bites are known to have caused severe bleeding and haemorrhaging. Little else is known about how dangerous it is to people.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 4 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）

Great Lakes bush 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)

Great Lakes bush 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

It lives in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone, at heights of up to 2,800 m.1

It is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.1

The males are smaller than the females.1

给毒液专家

学名: Atheris nitschei
类别: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: The species is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3