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Spiny-tailed monitor

Varanus acanthurus

无害对人无害。不用担心。

咬伤吃：肉

The spiny-tailed monitor is a lizard from northern and western Australia. It lives among dry, rocky hills and is known for its round tail covered in spiny scales. It is a small monitor, and it hides in rock cracks and burrows during the day.1

生活在

Northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and western and north-western Queensland1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

This lizard is found in arid rocky ranges and outcrops. It shelters under rock slabs, between boulders, in rock crevices and in burrows, and only rarely in spinifex.1

长度

70 cm (2.3 ft)1

最高速度

约 12 公里/小时（7.5 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts mainly arthropods such as grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, centipedes and snails. It also eats small lizards, which make up about a third of its diet, and sometimes marsupial joeys.1

Spiny-tailed monitor的照片 — Spiny-tailed monitor。照片：unknown。 CC0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Upper side is a rich, dark brown with bright yellowish to cream spots, which often enclose a few dark scales1
Tail is round in section and has very spiny scales1
Tail is about 1.3 to 2.3 times as long as the head and body combined1
Pale longitudinal stripes run along the neck1
Has 70 to 115 scales around the middle of the body1

常被误认为： It is similar to V. baritji and V. primordius. The spiny-tailed monitor can be told apart by the pale stripes on its neck, which those two species do not have.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: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

如果它咬人

清洗伤口，让人保持冷静并就医。

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30 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Spiny-tailed monitor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？

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

Spiny-tailed monitor 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

About 70% of the water this lizard needs comes from its food.1

Females have been seen sharing large burrows and nesting together in them.1

Sheltering underground gives it access to humid conditions, which helps it stay hydrated in a very dry land.1

Pet-trade spiny-tailed monitors are sold as two colour types, the red ackie and the yellow ackie, which are likely two different subspecies.1

给毒液专家

学名: Varanus acanthurus
类别: 有毒的蜥蜴
家人: Varanidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: Eggs are laid in self-dug tunnels, and in captivity a clutch can hold up to 18 eggs. The young hatch after three to five months at about 15 cm long.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3