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Leaf-scaled sea snake

Aipysurus foliosquama

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

咬伤吃：肉

The leaf-scaled sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It was once found around a few remote reefs off northern Australia, but for a long time it was thought to have disappeared. It was rediscovered in 2015 in Shark Bay, on the coast of Western Australia.1

生活在

Shark Bay, Western Australia; formerly Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs in the Timor Sea1

太平洋, 珊瑚海, 印度洋, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

首页

It lives in seagrass beds and waters up to 10 metres deep. Its diet is also linked to coral outcrops and crevices, where it hunts fish.1

长度

80 cm (2.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.6 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats wrasse and gudgeon fish. It pursues them through coral outcrops and crevices.1

Leaf-scaled sea snake的照片 — Leaf-scaled sea snake。照片：Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Purple brown in colour1
Recorded length of around 80 cm1
A sea snake, so it has a flattened, paddle-like body shape suited to swimming1
Lives in seagrass beds and near coral1

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

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。
把人带出水面，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太平洋印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 1.5 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长50 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Leaf-scaled sea 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？

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

Leaf-scaled sea snake 约 3.6 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

It was thought to have become extinct at the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but a population was found in Shark Bay in December 2015.1

It is listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species.1

Its previously known habitats, the Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs, are about 1,700 km away from Shark Bay.1

Like other sea snakes, it has no gills. It must come up to the surface regularly to breathe air with its lungs.1

给毒液专家

学名: Aipysurus foliosquama
类别: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 印度洋, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
它在野外过得怎么样: Data deficient (IUCN). Listed as one of The World's 100 Most Threatened Species; its population is significantly declining.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3