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Middle American rattlesnake

Crotalus simus
名字的由来: The scientific name 'simus' is Latin for 'flat-nosed', probably because its head is blunt compared with lanceheads (Bothrops).1
可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你,赶快求助。
响尾蛇 咬伤
对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The Middle American rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives in Mexico and Central America. It is one of the largest rattlesnakes in its range, and its bites can cause severe damage to the skin and muscle around the wound.1

生活在
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and west-central Costa Rica. Absent from Panama.1
北美洲
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It lives in semiarid places, including dry or very dry tropical forests, thorn woodland and arid scrub forest. It also occurs in moist forests that have relatively dry, open areas.1
长度
1.3 m到1.8 m (4.3 ft到5.9 ft)1
最高速度
约 4.1 公里/小时(2.5 英里/小时)
在陆地上, 粗略估计
真的!Middle American rattlesnake的照片
Middle American rattlesnake。照片:Ltshears。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

  • Adults commonly exceed 130 cm in length, and males grow larger than females.1
  • The body looks rough because the scales have raised keels, most noticeable on the rows along the sides.1
  • The head is blunt, which is one reason for its scientific name.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?

Its bites are similar to rattlesnake bites in the United States. Local effects can be severe, with pain, massive swelling, blistering and necrosis (death of tissue), which may need surgery to relieve pressure (fasciotomies) and in some cases amputation. Whole-body effects are rare, including bleeding problems, kidney failure and nerve damage (neurotoxicity). Only the venom of young snakes (neonates) contains crotoxin, a toxin that causes nerve symptoms.1

它对人有多危险?

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

Local tissue damage from a bite can be severe, and in some cases it has led to amputation. Whole-body effects such as kidney failure and nerve damage are rare.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

它有多大?

它有多长?

Middle American rattlesnake 约 1.8 m 长 (5.9 ft)大人的自行车 约 1.8 m (5.9 ft)一辆汽车 约 4.5 m (15 ft)
和 4 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 10 根香蕉首尾相接一样长88 秒就能跑完 100 米(最快的人需要 9.6 秒)

Middle American rattlesnake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?

值得了解

事实

1

Shamans dry and roast rattlesnakes, then grind them into a powder used as medicine.1

2

To the Mayans, the Yucatan form (C. tzabcan) was greatly revered, and 'tzabcan' is the Mayan word for rattlesnake.1

3

Many temples in Maya art show carved rattlesnake shapes, but what the rattlesnake symbolised is unknown.1

给毒液专家

学名
Crotalus simus
类别
响尾蛇
家人
Viperidae2
排序
Squamata
大洲
北美洲
对人的危险
4 / 5: 非常危险3

事实的来源

  1. Crotalus simus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus simus (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
  3. 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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