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Kanburi pit viper

Trimeresurus kanburiensis

名字的由来： The scientific name kanburiensis comes from Kanburi, the town now called Kanchanaburi, near where it was first recorded.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝮蛇

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。

The Kanburi pit viper is a heavily built, tree-dwelling snake that lives in a few limited areas of Thailand. It is highly venomous, so it is important to know what it looks like and to keep well away from it. Scientists only recently confirmed that it is a separate species.1

生活在

Thailand, in a few limited areas, including near Kanchanaburi and in northern Thailand1

亚洲

首页

It lives in forest and open woodland, in areas of open hills. It shelters in the foliage during the heat of the day and is active at night.1

长度

76 cm (2.5 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

它吃什么？

Adults eat mammals and birds. Young snakes probably also eat frogs and lizards.1

Kanburi pit viper的照片 — Kanburi pit viper。照片：Rushenb。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Heavily built body.1
Brown or tawny colour.1
Often brown with faint patterns, or tawny with dull brown blotches and spots.1
A stripe along each side of the body.1
The first three upper lip scales (supralabial scales) are much enlarged.1

常被误认为： It is often confused with the mangrove pit viper. The two can be told apart by the first three upper lip scales, which are much larger in the Kanburi pit viper.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。

It is described as highly venomous.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110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Kanburi 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)

Kanburi pit 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 is mainly active at night, but it has been seen basking in the sun during the day.1

It is an arboreal snake, meaning it lives mainly in trees and bushes.1

It gives birth to live young, which develop inside the mother's body.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： It is the same snake as the mangrove pit viper.

真相： The two are often confused, but they are different species. The first three upper lip scales are much enlarged in the Kanburi pit viper, which tells them apart.1