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Pope's pit viper

Trimeresurus popeiorum

名字的由来： The scientific name popeiorum honours the American herpetologists (reptile and amphibian scientists) Clifford H. Pope and his wife Sarah H. Pope.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝮蛇

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。

Pope's pit viper is a venomous snake that lives in mountain forests in northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. It is green and hunts at night, mostly in trees. Its venom is dangerous to people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

生活在

Northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos1

亚洲

首页

It is found in forests in mountainous regions. It is nocturnal and arboreal, meaning it is active at night and lives in trees.1

长度

77 cm (2.5 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It preys on frogs, lizards, birds and rodents, especially rats and squirrels.1

Pope's pit viper的照片 — Pope's pit viper。照片：Rushenb。 CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Green on top, and pale green to whitish underneath1
A bright stripe along each side. In males it is white on top and orange or brown underneath. In females it is white.1
21 rows of dorsal (back) scales at the middle of the body in most individuals1
Males have a tail base that is enlarged, which helps tell the sexes apart1

常被误认为： It is most often confused with T. s. stejnegeri. The two have clearly different hemipenes (the male reproductive organs), so telling them apart reliably needs a male and a close examination of the hemipenes. They are not known to share the same range. It is also closely related to Trimeresurus yunnanensis, which is usually told apart by its 19 midbody scale rows instead of 21.1

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？

It has a potent hemotoxic venom, which harms the blood and the body's tissues.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。

Its venom is dangerous to humans.1

它害怕时会做什么？

If threatened, it vibrates its tail.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？

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

Pope's pit 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)

Pope's pit viper 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Newborn young are about 18 cm long, which is a large size for a snake at birth.1

Its tail base is enlarged in males, which is a feature used to tell males apart from females.1

给毒液专家

学名: Trimeresurus popeiorum
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young. In India, sexually mature females give birth in April and May, with an average of 10 young per birth.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3