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New Caledonian sea krait

Laticauda saintgironsi

名字的由来： The species name, saintgironsi, honours the French herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Hubert Saint Girons.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

海蛇

咬伤吃：鱼类

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The New Caledonian sea krait is a venomous sea snake that lives in the waters around New Caledonia, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It spends time both in the sea and on land near the shore. It is special because it is found almost nowhere else.1

生活在

Waters around New Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands1

太平洋, 珊瑚海

首页

It lives in marine, intertidal and supratidal areas. Intertidal means the zone covered by sea at high tide and exposed at low tide, and supratidal means the area just above the high-tide line. It has been recorded from a depth of 80 m to an altitude of 100 m.1

长度

1.1 m (3.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 4 公里/小时（2.5 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats non-spiny, eel-like fishes. The lipspot moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus) makes up about half of its prey.1

New Caledonian sea krait的照片 — New Caledonian sea krait。照片：moi même。 Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Has a yellow or cream-coloured upper lip1
The rostral scale (the scale at the tip of the snout) is undivided1
Has 21 rows of scales around the middle of the body1
Females grow larger than males1

常被误认为： The yellow-lipped sea krait also has a yellow upper lip. To tell them apart, count the scales: the New Caledonian sea krait has 21 rows of mid-body scales, while the yellow-lipped sea krait has 23 banded rows that meet on the belly.1

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珊瑚海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 6 根香蕉首尾相接一样长45 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

New Caledonian sea krait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)

New Caledonian sea krait 约 4 公里/小时 (2.5 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

It has been recorded outside its home range only once: a single specimen was found in New Zealand in 1925.1

Its diet is mainly eel-like fishes, and the lipspot moray makes up about half of what it eats.1

Females grow much larger than males. The largest female recorded was 109 cm long, while the largest male was 81.7 cm.1

Its limited range is thought to be because sea kraits of the genus Laticauda spend time on land or in shallow water, which gives them few chances to be carried away by ocean currents.1