第 0510 号，共 1 402 张

Hutton's pit viper

Tropidolaemus huttoni

名字的由来： The species name huttoni honours Angus Finlay Hutton, a planter and naturalist who discovered it.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝮蛇

咬伤

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

Hutton's pit viper is a venomous snake that is very rare and little known. It belongs to the pit viper group and was first described in 1949 from just two young snakes. It is found only in the southern Western Ghats mountains of India, which makes it special to science.1

生活在

Meghamalai Hills, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, southern India (southern Western Ghats)1

亚洲

首页

It was found at about 1,590 m on a plateau at the western edge of the Varushanad Hills. The area was once covered by dense tropical rainforest and is now partly covered by tea plantations.1

长度

14 cm (5.4 in)1

最高速度

约 3.2 公里/小时（2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

怎样认出它

Young snakes are green on the back.1
There is a series of small white spots on both sides of the body.1
A distinct red eye streak runs on both sides of the head.1
The underside is pale green, except the last 25 subcaudal scales (the scales under the tail), which are dull reddish brown.1
The colour and size of adult snakes are unknown.1

常被误认为： A possible third specimen from the northern Western Ghats shares several features with the T. wagleri complex, so its identity is doubtful.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: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

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 块玩具积木排成一排一样长110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Hutton's pit 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)

Hutton's pit viper 约 3.2 公里/小时 (2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

The species is known from only two young individuals, both described in 1949.1

Despite long-term, targeted surveys of the Meghamalai Hills, it has never been seen there or anywhere else since 1949.1

The forest where it was found has partly been replaced by tea plantations.1

给毒液专家

学名: Tropidolaemus huttoni
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: The two known juveniles were collected together and came from the same brood.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3