West African Gaboon viper
咬伤The West African Gaboon viper is a venomous snake with a pair of enlarged scales on its nose that look like horns. It lives in West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Like all vipers, it can bite and inject venom.1

怎样认出它
- Has a distinctive pair of enlarged nasal scales that look like horns on its nose.1
- The dark triangular marking running from the eye back towards the corner of the mouth is not divided.1
- Its head is broader than that of its close relative B. nasicornis.1
- Overall it is somewhat larger than B. gabonica.1
常被误认为: The close relative B. nasicornis also has horn-like nasal scales, but it has a brighter colour pattern and a narrower head. B. gabonica is overall somewhat smaller, and in B. g. gabonica the dark marking from the eye to the mouth is divided, which it is not in this snake.1
毒液之力
它咬的时候,毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。
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。
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
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
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它有多快?
事实
Its nose has a pair of enlarged scales that look like a pair of horns.1
In Ghana and Togo, which are at the eastern edge of its range, it meets and interbreeds with the Gaboon viper B. gabonica.1
In 2022, residents of Ota in Nigeria reported sighting one, which extended its known range to include Nigeria.1
事实的来源
- Bitis rhinoceros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bitis rhinoceros (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
- Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的: 我们如何评定危险.
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如果它咬人