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Snouted night adder

Causus defilippii

名字的由来： The species name defilippii honours Italian zoologist Filippo De Filippi.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蝰蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The snouted night adder is a venomous snake with an upturned, pointed snout. It lives in parts of East and Southern Africa, in savanna, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Its venom is not lethal to humans, but doctors still treat its bites as medically significant.1

生活在

East Africa and Southern Africa, from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to South Africa and Eswatini1

非洲

首页

It lives in moist and dry savanna, coastal thickets and forests, from sea level up to about 1,800 m. It favours moist areas but is also found on dry, rocky hillsides and escarpments. When not basking, it hides in ground cover, brush piles and holes.1

长度

20 cm到35 cm (7.9 in到1.1 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.1 公里/小时（1.9 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mainly on small amphibians, such as frogs. It is mostly terrestrial but sometimes climbs into low vegetation to hunt them, and it is also a good swimmer.1

Snouted night adder的照片 — Snouted night adder。照片：Ryanvanhuyssteen。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Short, wide head with a prominent, pointed snout that turns upwards1
Light brown, pinkish brown, grey or grey-green body with 20 to 30 dark crescent-shaped markings running down the back, though these can be faint1
A V-shaped marking on the top of the head and a dark streak running backwards from behind the eye1
Yellowish or whitish belly, plain or with small grey-brown spots1
Young snakes are often glossy black or grey1

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？

Little is known about its venom. Reported cases describe rapid swelling, fever, sometimes intense pain and occasionally swelling of the lymph glands. The swelling usually goes down after 2 to 3 days, and no cases of tissue death (necrosis) have been reported.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Its venom is not lethal to humans, but it is still considered medically significant. Only a few case histories exist.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, it inflates its body and hisses, and it can strike quickly if threatened.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 11 块玩具积木排成一排一样长120 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Snouted night adder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)

Snouted night adder 约 3.1 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is a good swimmer as well as a mostly ground-living snake.1

In captivity it soon becomes tame and unwilling to strike.1

Its common name refers to its prominent, upturned snout.1

It is nocturnal in general, but not entirely, so it can also be active by day.1

给毒液专家

学名: Causus defilippii
类别: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: It lays eggs (oviparous). A clutch has six to eight eggs, and each hatchling is about 10 cm long including the tail.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3