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Whitetail lancehead

Bothrops leucurus

名字的由来： Its scientific name, leucurus, comes from Latin words meaning 'white' and 'tail'.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

蝮蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The whitetail lancehead is a venomous pit viper, a snake that has heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives only in Brazil, where it is found in forests and in both towns and countryside. It matters because it causes more snake bites in the state of Bahia than any other snake.1

生活在

Endemic to Brazil: eastern coast from northern Espírito Santo to Alagoas and Ceará, and inland in parts of Bahia1

南美洲

首页

It lives in forests and in arid, semi-arid, dry, humid and sub-humid regions. It is found in both urban and rural areas, so people can meet it close to homes.1

长度

25 cm到1.8 m (9.8 in到6 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.9 公里/小时（2.4 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats rodents, lizards, amphibians, snakes and birds. Adults mostly eat rodents, while young snakes mostly eat frogs and lizards.1

Whitetail lancehead的照片 — Whitetail lancehead。照片：No machine-readable author provided. Danleo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).。 CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Colour ranges from tan to reddish-brown.1
The pattern varies, with darker and lighter spots or light diagonal lines along the sides.1
The belly is yellowish or whitish, with dark brown or grey spots and irregular spots on the sides.1
It has 23 to 31 rows of scales along the middle of the body.1
It is a terrestrial snake, so it lives on the ground.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 is haemotoxic, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It breaks down blood clots, damages tissue and causes bleeding, and it can cause muscle death (myonecrosis) in people. Symptoms include local pain, swelling, redness and bruising, bleeding and clotting problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, urinary problems, headaches, dizziness, low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, visual disturbances and tremors.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 responsible for the most snake bites in the state of Bahia, Brazil.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 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 10 根香蕉首尾相接一样长92 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Whitetail lancehead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)

Whitetail lancehead 约 3.9 公里/小时 (2.4 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is one of the snakes responsible for the most bites in Bahia, Brazil.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

给毒液专家

学名: Bothrops leucurus
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 南美洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young after a gestation period of four months, with a typical litter of 19 young, born between winter and summer.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3