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Lace monitor

Varanus varius

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤吃：肉

The lace monitor is a large lizard that lives in eastern Australia, and it can grow up to 2 metres long. It is a skilled climber that often lives in trees, and it is one of the country's biggest monitor lizards. It is also known as the tree goanna.1

生活在

Eastern Australia, from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

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Lace monitors live in open and closed forests. They often shelter in tree hollows, under fallen trees or large rocks. They also visit places where people live, raiding chicken coops and rummaging through rubbish bins and garbage bags in picnic and recreational areas.1

长度

2 m (6.6 ft)1

体重

14 kg (31 lb)1

最高速度

约 16 公里/小时（9.9 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Lace monitors mainly eat carrion, which is meat from animals that are already dead. They also eat insects, reptiles, small mammals, birds, and eggs and young birds and mammals, especially in spring and early summer. They search for food on the ground and retreat to a nearby tree if disturbed.1

Lace monitor的照片 — Lace monitor。照片：Bidgee。 CC BY-SA 3.0 au, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

The main form is dark grey to dull bluish-black with scattered cream-coloured spots.1
The head is black, and the snout has prominent black and yellow bands that extend under the chin and neck.1
The tail has narrow black and cream bands that get wider towards the tip.1
Bell's form has a yellow-brown or yellow base colour with fine black mottling and broad black or dark brown bands from the shoulders to the tail.1
Juveniles have more defined banding, with five narrow black bands on the neck and eight on the body.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？

Lace monitors have venom glands, and their venom is similar to snake venom, but it is not strong enough to cause serious harm. A bite on the hand can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood clots less well in that area), and shooting pain up to the elbow. This pain can often last for several hours.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。

Its venom is not enough to cause serious harm. Scientists have cautioned that calling these lizards venomous overestimates the medical risk to bite victims.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, lace monitors retreat to a nearby tree.1

如果它咬人

清洗伤口，让人保持冷静并就医。

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？

它有多重？

和 4 只家猫一样重

和 4 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 11 根香蕉首尾相接一样长22 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Lace monitor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？

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

Lace monitor 约 16 公里/小时 (9.9 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

Populations near rubbish tips were thirty five times greater than in natural forest, and individuals were around twice as heavy.1

Lace monitors quickly learned to avoid cane toads after they had been poisoned by them.1

One lace monitor was recorded climbing a brick wall to find shelter during a thunderstorm.1

Its closest living relative is the Komodo dragon.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Bites from monitors were thought to be dangerous mainly because of infection from bacteria in their mouths.

真相： Researchers found in 2005 that the immediate effects of bites were more likely caused by venom.1

给毒液专家

学名: Varanus varius
类别: 有毒的蜥蜴
家人: Varanidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: Females lay an average of eight eggs, and up to 12, in active termite nests on the ground or in trees. The eggs hatch 6 to 7 months later.1
寿命: 约 20 年1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3