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Two-striped forest pitviper

Bothrops bilineatus

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

咬伤吃：肉

The two-striped forest pitviper is a highly venomous snake that lives mostly in trees and bushes. It is a pale green pit viper found in the Amazon region of South America. It is an important cause of snakebites across the whole Amazon.1

生活在

Amazon region of South America, plus an isolated population in southeastern Brazil1

南美洲

首页

It lives in lowland rain forest, in shrubs, palms and trees, and near water. It is almost always found in bushes and trees along streams or at the edges of forest clearings.1

长度

1.2 m (4 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 eats small mammals such as mouse opossums and mice, as well as birds, lizards and frogs. It mostly waits in ambush rather than actively hunting. Juveniles stay closer to the ground to feed on small frogs and lizards.1

Two-striped forest pitviper的照片 — Two-striped forest pitviper。照片：dhfischer。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Pale green body1
Dark speckling or paired tan or reddish brown spots along the back1
A creamy yellow line running down each side of the body1
Pink tail tip bordered with yellow1
Pale green eyes and a relatively slender body with a grasping tail1

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 disrupts blood clotting, causing profound coagulopathy, bruising and spontaneous bleeding. Reported symptoms include local pain, swelling, bleeding gums, bleeding from the fang punctures, nausea, shock, loss of consciousness and bleeding from the mouth, nose and eyes.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。

It is highly venomous and an important cause of snakebite throughout the Amazon region. Because it lives in trees, most bites are to the upper body, including the hands, arms and face. At least one death has been reported.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 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100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Two-striped forest pitviper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)

Two-striped forest pitviper 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

Its prehensile tail lets it grip branches, so it always rests where it can anchor itself.1

Its venom has been measured in a laboratory with a DL50 of 6.28 mg/kg, a standard measure of how toxic a substance is.1

It is a nocturnal snake that spends the day hidden in thick leaves, tree hollows or at the base of palm fronds.1

Young snakes stay low to the ground, where they hunt small frogs and lizards.1

给毒液专家

学名: Bothrops bilineatus
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 南美洲
宝宝: Females give birth to live young, as the eggs hatch inside the mother's body.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3