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Grey snake

Hemiaspis damelii

名字的由来： The specific name damelii honours German entomologist Edward Dämel, who collected Australian specimens for Museum Godeffroy.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。

The grey snake is a small venomous snake found in eastern Australia. It hunts at night, mostly for frogs. It is endangered, and scientists have seen it only a handful of times in the last 65 years.1

生活在

Eastern Australia, from central inland New South Wales to the interior of south-eastern Queensland1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It favours dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands on clay soils, where water bodies or gullies are present. It shelters under rocks, logs and other debris, and in cracks in the soil.1

长度

43 cm到60 cm (1.4 ft到2 ft)1

最高速度

约 6.1 公里/小时（3.8 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats mostly terrestrial frogs (anurans). It rarely eats some scincid lizards. It hunts at night, around sunset, for one to two hours.1

Grey snake的照片 — Grey snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Olive to grey on the back, with a white to yellowish white belly often flecked with dark grey.1
In some grey snakes, the scales on the flanks are tipped with black.1
Juveniles have a distinctive black head, which fades or sometimes disappears as the snake matures.1
Adults are relatively small, with an average snout-vent length of about 50 cm. Males are slightly larger than females.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 fairly mild. It contains procoagulants, which are substances that make blood clot. The venom causes local pain and swelling around the bite.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 venom is unlikely to cause death in humans. However, a bite from a larger snake may be very painful.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 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长59 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Grey 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)

Grey snake 约 6.1 公里/小时 (3.8 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

It has been seen only a handful of times in the past 65 years.1

Recent floods in New South Wales helped researchers find 30 individual snakes.1

Its litter size is linked to the size of the mother, with larger females having more young.1

Newborns take an average of 12 months to mature after birth.1

给毒液专家

学名: Hemiaspis damelii
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, born fully formed, with 4 to 16 young per litter. Breeding takes place from January to March.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Endangered1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3