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Mitchell's water monitor

Varanus mitchelli

名字的由来： It is named after Australian herpetologist Francis John Mitchell (1929–1970) of the South Australian Museum. Its genus name, Varanus, comes from the Arabic word for monitor lizard, waran.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

有毒的蜥蜴

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Mitchell's water monitor is a large, slender lizard that lives in the northern rivers, swamps and lagoons of Australia. It spends much of its time near water and can climb trees. It is on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, so it matters a great deal to protect it.1

生活在

Northern Australia: all northern river systems in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia and the Northern Territory1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It lives in swamps, lagoons, inland rivers and other bodies of water. It is often found on trees near the water, where it shelters in tree hollows or under bark, and it often basks on rocks by the water. If disturbed, it heads for the water.1

长度

70 cm (2.3 ft)1

最高速度

约 12 公里/小时（7.5 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It mainly eats smaller animals from land and water, including smaller lizards, small mammals, nestling birds, reptile eggs, insects and other land invertebrates. It also eats fish, crabs and frogs. Its diet changes with the seasons and flooding in the wet season.1

Mitchell's water monitor的照片 — Mitchell's water monitor。照片：Graham Winterflood。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Generally dark brown or black1
Small yellow and white spots cover the limbs and head1
Orange or yellow stripes run along the neck and sides, and dark spots mark the back1
Long, slender neck and a pointed head1
Rough, wrinkled skin with a light cream underside1

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: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

它害怕时会做什么？

If disturbed, it heads for the water. It is described as nervous and shy.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？

和 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长30 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Mitchell's water 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)

Mitchell's water monitor 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

Where cane toads arrived at Kakadu National Park, almost the entire population of this lizard was wiped out. Its numbers have been estimated to have dropped by as much as 97% within three years.1

Its eyesight is excellent, but it is night blind because its retinas have no rods, the cells used for night vision.1

The biggest threat to this lizard is the cane toad. Cane toads are poisonous to it, and it can eat the larger toads, which carry lethal doses of poison.1

The Australian name 'goanna' probably comes from 'iguana', because the first European settlers thought these lizards looked like the iguanas of South America.1

给毒液专家

学名: Varanus mitchelli
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: It lays eggs (it is oviparous). Females lay between April and June in the dry season, with clutches of 3 to 12 eggs.1
寿命: 约 10 年1
它在野外过得怎么样: Critically Endangered1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3