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Painted coral snake

Micrurus corallinus

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

咬伤吃：肉

The painted coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bold bands of red, black and white or yellow. It lives in eastern South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is active at night and is not aggressive towards people.1

生活在

Eastern South America: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay1

南美洲

首页

It lives in coastal areas, leaf litter, and under logs and stones, mainly in forest from sea level up to 500 m. It is nocturnal, so it is most active at night.1

长度

65 cm到98 cm (2.1 ft到3.2 ft)1

最高速度

约 4.9 公里/小时（3 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats caecilians, amphisbaenids, lizards (including gymnophthalmids) and other snakes (including colubrids).1

Painted coral snake的照片 — Painted coral snake。照片：Nicolas Olejnik。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

The head is black with a white or yellow band across the back of the top of the head.1
Wide red rings alternate with narrower black rings that have white borders along the body.1
The tail has 3 to 8 black and yellow rings.1
It has a slim body and a small, round head that is little distinct from the neck.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 venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. It causes neuromuscular block, which stops nerves from signalling muscles properly. Paralysis of the breathing muscles can lead to death from respiratory arrest.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。

Coral snakes cause about 1% of accidents in Central and South America. The venom is highly potent. In laboratory milking, the average yield was 10 to 12 mg, about twice the estimated lethal dose of 6 to 8 mg for an adult human.1

如果它咬人

让人保持安静不动，尽快送医院，即使咬伤看起来很小：症状可能几小时后才出现。

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 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长73 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Painted coral 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？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Painted coral snake 约 4.9 公里/小时 (3 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

The largest venom yield recorded in the laboratory was 65 mg, enough to kill 5 to 6 people.1

Some of its toxins act before the nerve signal reaches the muscle. They make nerves release too much acetylcholine, a chemical messenger, and then block the signal to the muscle.1

Its venom contains many toxin families, including phospholipase A2 and three-finger toxins.1

Adult females can lay up to 15 eggs.1