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Wagler's pit viper

Tropidolaemus wagleri

名字的由来： The specific name wagleri honours German herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) Johann Georg Wagler.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蝮蛇

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。

Wagler's pit viper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of Southeast Asia. It spends most of its life in trees and is sometimes called the temple viper, because it is common around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia. Its venom has also been used in scientific research.1

生活在

Southeast Asia: southern Vietnam, southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra and nearby islands)1

亚洲

首页

It prefers forest, from sea level up to 400 m (1,300 ft). It is almost entirely arboreal, meaning it lives in trees, and its prehensile tail helps it climb.1

长度

1 m (3.3 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？

Its main prey is rodents, birds and lizards. It stays motionless for long periods, waiting for prey to pass, then strikes quickly. Pits on each side of its head, between the eye and nostril, detect small temperature differences.1

Wagler's pit viper的照片 — Wagler's pit viper。照片：diego_cue。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Females can reach about 1 m (39 in) in total length, including the tail, and are black with yellow stripes.1
Males typically do not exceed 75 cm (29.5 in). They have large triangular heads and relatively thin green bodies.1
The species has many colour forms. Some are black or brown with orange and yellow banding, and others are light green with yellow or orange banding.1
It is nocturnal, so it is active at night, and it often stays still for long periods.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？

The venom contains four peptides (small protein chains) called waglerins. In studies on mice, waglerin-1 blocked signals passing from nerves to muscles. Waglerins caused fatal breathing paralysis in adult mice.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。

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, it can strike quickly.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 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 6 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）

Wagler's pit viper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)

Wagler's pit viper 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 pits can detect temperature differences as small as 0.003 °C (0.0054 °F).1

Waglerins, the peptides in its venom, are useful tools for studying how nerves and muscles connect.1

Females and males look very different, so the sexes were once hard to tell apart as one animal.1

Its many colour forms, called phases, were once thought by some researchers to be separate subspecies.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Waglerin-1 smooths wrinkles, so it is safe to use in skin creams for that purpose.

真相： Waglerin-1 is included in some skin creams marketed as wrinkle removers, but there is no scientific evidence that it relaxes the muscles that cause wrinkles.1

给毒液专家

学名: Tropidolaemus wagleri
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: Mature females give birth to live young, a process called ovoviviparity (eggs hatch inside the mother). Litters range from 15 to 41.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3