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Persian horned viper

Pseudocerastes persicus

名字的由来： The species name comes from Persia (present-day Iran), where it was first found, and from the horn-like structures above its eyes.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝰蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The Persian horned viper is a venomous viper with horn-like scales above each eye. It lives in deserts and hill country in the Middle East and parts of Asia, and it is mostly active at night. Its venom causes strong bleeding, and no specific antivenom is available for its bites.1

生活在

Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and throughout Mesopotamia1

亚洲

首页

It lives in sandy desert (but not sand dunes), basalt and limestone rock desert, and hill country, usually with some vegetation. It tends to avoid areas where people live.1

长度

40 cm到1.1 m (1.3 ft到3.5 ft)1

体重

500 g (1.1 lb)1

最高速度

约 3.4 公里/小时（2.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mainly on lizards, small mammals and mice, and occasionally on small birds and arthropods. It will also eat dead food.1

Persian horned viper的照片 — Persian horned viper。照片：Zuhair Amr。 CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

A broad, flat head that is clearly distinct from the neck1
A horn-like structure of small scales above each eye, also present in juveniles1
A short tail1
Body scales with keels that often end in a bump or a point1
Slow-moving and almost entirely nocturnal, so usually seen at night or in the early evening during colder periods1

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 has strong haemorrhagic activity, which means it causes bleeding by damaging blood vessels, as is typical of most vipers. No specific antivenom is available for its bites. A polyvalent antiserum, which is made to work against several snake species, is reported to offer some protection.1

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。

它害怕时会做什么？

It is not particularly aggressive, but it will hiss loudly when disturbed.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

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？

它有多重？

和 4 根香蕉一样重

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110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Persian 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？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Persian horned viper 约 3.4 公里/小时 (2.1 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Unlike the sand-dwelling Cerastes vipers, it cannot sink into sand vertically.1

It moves by sidewinding, serpentine and rectilinear movement, depending on the situation.1

It can attain a considerable weight for its size, with some specimens exceeding 500 g.1

Its horn-like scales are present even in young snakes.1

Females are usually larger than males.1

给毒液专家

学名: Pseudocerastes persicus
类别: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It lays eggs, with 11 to 21 eggs per clutch, and each egg already contains a well-developed embryo.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3