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Günther's garter snake

Elapsoidea guentherii

名字的由来： The specific name guentherii honours German-British herpetologist Albert Günther, a scientist who studied reptiles and amphibians.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

眼镜蛇、曼巴蛇和环蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Günther's garter snake is a venomous snake that lives in parts of Central Africa. It belongs to the same large family as cobras and their relatives. It is known for its striking black and white banded young and for its strong size difference between males and females.1

生活在

Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in Central Africa1

非洲

首页

Its preferred natural habitat is savanna, a grassland with scattered trees. It is found from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level.1

长度

56 cm (1.8 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 mainly eats reptiles, such as lizards and other snakes. It also eats amphibians and termites.1

Günther's garter snake的照片 — Günther's garter snake。照片：Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Juveniles have a pattern of alternating black and white crossbands of equal width across the back.1
The pattern fades as the snake matures.1
Adults are uniformly greyish black on the back and lighter grey on the underside.1
Males are significantly larger than females, reaching about 56 cm snout to vent, while females reach about 38.5 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。

It is venomous, but no human fatalities have been reported.1

如果它咬人

让人保持安静不动，摘下戒指和紧身物品，尽快送医院：抗毒血清是治疗方法。

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和 18 块玩具积木排成一排一样长59 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Günther's garter 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)

Günther's garter 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

Males grow much larger than females, reaching up to 56 cm compared with 38.5 cm for females.1

Its main prey is reptiles such as lizards and other snakes.1

Young snakes have bold black and white bands, which fade as they grow into adults.1

An adult female may lay up to ten eggs in late summer.1

给毒液专家

学名: Elapsoidea guentherii
类别: 眼镜蛇、曼巴蛇和环蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: It lays eggs (it is oviparous). In late summer an adult female may lay a clutch of as many as ten eggs.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3