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Stephens' banded snake

Hoplocephalus stephensii

名字的由来： Its scientific name, stephensii, honours the Australian academic William John Stephens.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

澳大利亚的蛇

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。

Stephens' banded snake is a tree-dwelling snake that lives only on the east coast of Australia. It is highly venomous, and its venom affects the blood, so it is one of the snakes that people should give plenty of space. It spends most of its life high in the trees of forests.1

生活在

East coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland (Kroombit Tops) to the Gosford area of New South Wales1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It lives in high-rainfall remnant forests, away from human activity, up to 950 m above sea level. It usually rests about 20 m up in canopy trees, often in tree hollows, and may also live on the ground.1

长度

25 cm到1.2 m (9.8 in到3.9 ft)1

体重

250 g (9 oz)1

最高速度

约 6.6 公里/小时（4.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It is a nocturnal predator that hunts both by actively searching and by ambush. It often coils among rodent nests in tree hollows and waits for prey to return. It mainly eats frogs, small lizards, bush rats, mice and pygmy possums, and it hunts juveniles because its mouth is too small for adult prey.1

Stephens' banded snake的照片 — Stephens' banded snake。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Alternating bands of grey or black and dirty-white along the back, with over 40 of each colour from the back of the head to the tip of the tail1
A flat, mostly dirty-white belly, with occasional grey splotches towards the head and tail1
A dark brown top of the head, with pale blotches or bars along the lips1
A slender body with a broadened, arrow-shaped head1
Mostly active at night, and often found in tree hollows high in the canopy1

常被误认为： Its closest relatives are the broad-headed snake, which shares its coastal range, and the pale-headed snake, which lives further inland. All three are tree-dwelling snakes in the same genus.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 is procoagulant, meaning it makes blood clot. It contains prothrombinase, which triggers the production of thrombin in the blood, causing tiny clots throughout the body. Symptoms include nausea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and sweating. If left untreated, the clotting leads to excessive bleeding as blood vessels rupture.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。

It is described as a ready biter, and its envenoming is potentially fatal. Only one death has been recorded: an elderly man in his 60s in Kalang, New South Wales, whose rescue was delayed by torrential rain and floods.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？

It is described as nervous and defensive towards other animals, and it is a ready biter when threatened.1

如果它咬人

Victims have been successfully treated with up to four doses of 3,000 unit tiger snake antivenom. The wounded person must be transported to hospital for medical treatment.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？

它有多重？

和 2 根香蕉一样重

和 2.5 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 7 根香蕉首尾相接一样长55 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Stephens' banded 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)

Stephens' banded snake 约 6.6 公里/小时 (4.1 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

It is one of the few mainly tree-dwelling elapid snakes in Australia.1

A single individual may use up to 30 different trees within its range.1

It hibernates, or brumates, for up to five months through winter inside a tree hollow.1

Males may use home ranges averaging 20.2 hectares, while females average 5.4 hectares.1

It is the largest species in the genus Hoplocephalus, and females are usually larger than males.1

It is slow to mature, with males reaching sexual maturity at three years and females at four years.1

给毒液专家

学名: Hoplocephalus stephensii
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 gives birth to live young, with between one and nine offspring per litter. Females are only pregnant every two years.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List)1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3