Matilda's horned viper
Matilda's horned viper is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only in the forests of Tanzania. It has bony horn-like points above its eyes, and it was only recorded by scientists in 2011. Its exact location is kept secret to protect it from the illegal pet trade.1
怎样认出它
- It has two to three enlarged, horn-like structures above each eye.1
- It is an arboreal forest viper, so it lives in trees and bushes.1
- It can grow to a total length of 64.3 cm, which is large for a viper of its kind.1
常被误认为: It looks most like the Usambara bush viper (Atheris ceratophora), since both have horn-like structures above the eyes. Matilda's horned viper is larger, and the largest recorded Usambara bush viper measured 51.0 cm.1
毒液之力
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。
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
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)Matilda's horned 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?
事实
Its exact location has been withheld to protect it from being collected for the illegal pet trade.1
It was found during a biological survey in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania between 2010 and 2011.1
The scientists who described it have already set up a captive breeding colony.1
It is named after Matilda, the daughter of Tim Davenport, a member of the three-person team that discovered it.1
事实的来源
- Atheris matildae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atheris matildae (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
- Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的: 我们如何评定危险.
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咬伤
如果它咬人