簡介:ReptilePointed-scaled Pit Viper腹蛇科龜殼花This species inhabits mountainous or cultivated areas and frequently is found in abandoned houses or farms. It is mainly nocturnal and great care should be taken as it is very aggressive and the poison can be fatal. Its diet consists of frogs, lizards, birds and rodents. Eggs are laid in summer with 3 to 15 eggs per nest. The young hatch in around 1 to 1.5 months and measure around 22cm. The females exhibit egg-protecting behavior.棲息於山區或開墾地附近,常在廢棄的房舍或農舍活動,以晚上活動為主,攻擊性強,有強烈的毒性,能致人於死,需小心因應。以蛙、蜥蜴、鳥和鼠類為食。於夏季產卵,每窩產卵3-15枚,孵化期約1-1.5個月,仔蛇全長約22公分 ,雌蛇有護卵行為。
體型大小:中型
活動性:夜間
生殖方式:卵生
鱗片表狀:光滑
體背顏色:黃棕色帶有黑色斑塊
頭部形狀:三角形
舌頭分叉與否:有
毒性:強
毒液種類:出血性
攻擊性:強
腳爪有無:無
出版者:
數位化執行單位:國立自然科學博物館:動物學組兩爬學
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學名原始發表年代:1839
關聯:
學名原始發表文獻:T. Cantor, 1839, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839: 32.