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Two-striped night adder

Causus bilineatus

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤吃：肉

The two-striped night adder is a venomous snake that lives in south-central Africa. It is named for the two pale stripes that run along its body. Its bite injects venom, and no antivenom is available for it.1

生活在

Angola, southern DR Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania and Zambia, in south-central Africa1

非洲

首页

It lives in moist savanna, forest-savanna and swampy habitats, at altitudes of 800 to 1,800 m. Wild-caught specimens have eaten clawed frogs, which suggests it is more aquatic than some related snakes.1

长度

30 cm到65 cm (1 ft到2.1 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.2 公里/小时（2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mostly on toads and frogs, especially clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus.1

Two-striped night adder的照片 — Two-striped night adder。照片：Robert Taylor。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Ground colour ranges from ash to auburn to brown.1
Numerous irregular or roughly rectangular black patches sit between two narrow, pale stripes that run the length of the body.1
The belly is dark to dark cream.1
The scales are weakly keeled and have a soft, velvety look.1
Adults usually measure 30 to 50 cm in total length, including the tail.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？

It is venomous, so it injects venom through its bite.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。

No human deaths from its bite have been recorded. No antivenom is available for its bite.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 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长110 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Two-striped 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)

Two-striped night adder 约 3.2 公里/小时 (2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

No human deaths from its bite have been recorded.1

Its wild-caught specimens have eaten clawed frogs, which hints at a more aquatic lifestyle than related species.1

Its dorsal scales are weakly keeled and feel soft and velvety.1

给毒液专家

学名: Causus bilineatus
类别: 蝰蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: It is oviparous, so it lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3