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Spotted mulga snake

Pseudechis butleri

名字的由来： The species name butleri honours the naturalist W. H. "Harry" Butler, who worked on conservation.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

澳大利亚的蛇

咬伤

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The spotted mulga snake is a venomous snake that lives only in Western Australia. It is found in the Murchison region, in dry woodland with stony or loamy soil. Its yellow spots and the way it raises its head and hood like a cobra make it easy to recognise.1

生活在

Western Australia only, in the Murchison region (endemic)1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It lives in Acacia woodlands on stony and loamy soils, and sometimes among rocks. Its recorded range reaches Mullewa in the north, Leonora in the south and Laverton in the east.1

长度

1.6 m (5.2 ft)1

最高速度

约 7.8 公里/小时（4.8 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

怎样认出它

Its body is spotted with yellow or yellow-green scales.1
Most of the upper body has yellow or brownish scales with black bases, though some specimens have all-black scales on the back.1
The head and neck are mostly black.1
The belly scales are black-based and bright yellow.1
It usually reaches no more than 1.6 m in total length, including the tail.1

常被误认为： The mulga snake or king brown (Pseudechis australis) is larger and more widespread, and the two can live in the same areas of central Western Australia. The mulga snake has reddish-brown belly scales with cream edges, while the spotted mulga snake has bright yellow belly scales with black bases. The spotted mulga snake also has fewer belly scales. The black snake of eastern Australia (Pseudechis porphyriacus) has pink or red belly scales.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 contains systemic myotoxins, which are toxins that spread through the whole body and act on muscle. The species can produce a very large amount of venom.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。

The genus Pseudechis is described as dangerously venomous. The spotted mulga snake can produce a very large amount of venom.1

好消息：医生有药（抗毒血清）或治疗方法。1

它害怕时会做什么？

When threatened, it raises its head and shows its hood in a cobra-like display to intimidate an opponent.1

如果它咬人

Treatment for envenomation is the same as for the mulga snake, using black snake antivenom.1
加压固定法：用有弹性的绷带紧紧缠住咬伤处，再缠满整条肢体，用夹板固定，让人完全不动，直到救援到来。
不要清洗咬伤处：医院可以检测皮肤上残留的毒液，以选择正确的抗毒血清。

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 3 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 9 根香蕉首尾相接一样长46 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Spotted mulga 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？

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

Spotted mulga snake 约 7.8 公里/小时 (4.8 mph)

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its belly scales are bright yellow, which sets it apart from the closely related mulga snake.1

The first known specimen of this species was a female carrying eggs, collected at the Yalgoo region in 1963.1

Mating takes place in October and November, and the eggs are laid in December.1

给毒液专家

学名: Pseudechis butleri
类别: 澳大利亚的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: It lays eggs. A clutch has 7 to 12 eggs, laid in December, and the young hatch after 65 to 80 days.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3