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red eyed monster
bamboo snake or bamboo pit viper. 白唇竹葉青. or 青竹蛇. Trimeresurus albolabris
Other Common names
White-lipped pitviper, white-lipped tree viper, white-lipped bamboo viper.
Animal Group: Reptile
動物類別: 爬行類
Phylum: Chordata
門: 脊索動物門
Class: Reptilia
綱: 爬行綱
Order: Squamata
目: 有鱗目
Family: Viperidae
Other Chinese Name(s): 青竹蛇
INFORMATION:-
Named by Gray in 1842 this is Hong Kong's most common venomous snake.
Description:-
Beautiful colours, dorsal/back is bright green with yellow stripe/line near the belly. the tail can be red/brown russet coloured. The underneath is yellowish white.
A medium sized snake, around 50cm to 1 meter in length.
very triangular head (unlike the non-venomous greater green snake), and scales are slightly keeled. Quite a stocky snake and can reach up to a meter in length.
the eyes are large and dark yellow, even orange. slit like vertical pupils.
two large hinged fangs at the front of the mouth.
common throughout the territory.
mostly nocturnal, and has a sensing pit on its head to enable a strike even in total darkness - which is when many bites occur, as the snake is hidden.
This snake is reported to bite a lot of people.....my wife has spoken to 3 people who have been bitten. It is an aggressive snake and the bite, tho not fatal, can be very painful, with swelling.
Feeds on frogs, lizards, rodents etc.
Reproduction: Viviparous live young, mates in early summer with a dozen babies born 2 months later. (listed by AFCD as egg laying).
conservation status: red list...least concern.
Trimeresurus albolabris
Distributed in shrubland, grassland throughout Hong Kong.
廣泛分布於香港的灌林和草地‧
bamboo snake or bamboo pit viper. 白唇竹葉青. or 青竹蛇. Trimeresurus albolabris
Animal Group: Reptile
動物類別: 爬行類
Phylum: Chordata
門: 脊索動物門
Class: Reptilia
綱: 爬行綱
Order: Squamata
目: 有鱗目
Family: Elapidae
科: 眼鏡蛇科
Other Chinese Name(s): 青竹蛇
1842年由Gray命名，是香港最常見的毒蛇
- 顏色鮮艷、背部和後面是鮮綠色而腹部附近有黃色條紋
- 尾巴會是以紅色或棕色的枯葉色。
- 蛇身底下是淡黃的白色
- 屬於一種中型蛇，大約50cm到1米長
- 呈三角形頭(有別於無毒而大形的翠青蛇)而比例是輕微地翻轉
- 屬於一種結實的蛇，長度可長達一米。
- 眼睛普遍偏大呈暗黃色，甚至橙色。眯著眼睛像垂直的瞳孔。
- 二隻含劇毒的牙齒於嘴的前面。
- 通常出沒於其生活範圍內，它們主要於夜間出沒，許多被蛇襲擊的個案，是由於蛇通常隱藏於黑暗中，因它頭上有極敏銳的感官幫助，以致在完全黑暗中能自由活動及攻擊
- 根據記錄，這種蛇曾咬傷多人。
- 我身邊也有至少2人曾被蛇咬傷。
- 它是一種具侵略性的蛇，而被它咬傷雖不致命，但會非常疼痛及紅腫。
- 飼料通常是青蛙，蜥蜴，嚙齒目動物……等等。
- 生育:
- 蛇屬於胎生的動物，一般較年青的蛇在初夏時分可以於2個月內生產十二隻嬰孩。
.
- 保育狀態： 紅色名單…暫時未須關注。
WIKIPEDIA
Common names: white-lipped pitviper,[2] white-lipped tree viper,[3] more.
Trimeresurus albolabris is a venomous pitviper species found in Southeast Asia.
Description
T. albolabris at the Houston Zoo.Total length males 600 mm, females 810; tail length males 120 mm, females 130 mm.[5]
Head scalation consists of 10-11(12) upper labials, the first partially or completely fused to the nasal. Head scales small, subequal, feebly imbricate, smooth or weakly keeled. The supraoculars are narrow, occasionally enlarged and undivided with 8-12 interocular scales between them. Temporal scales smooth.[5]
Midbody has 21 (rarely 19) longitudinal scale rows. The ventral scales are 155-166 in males, 152-176 in females. The subcaudals are paired, 60-72 in males, 49-66 in females. The hemipenes are without spines.[5]
Color pattern: green above, the side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than rest of head. The belly is green, yellowish or white below. A light ventrolateral stripe present in all males, but absent in females. The end of tail not mottled brown.[
red eyed monster
bamboo snake or bamboo pit viper. 白唇竹葉青. or 青竹蛇. Trimeresurus albolabris
Other Common names
White-lipped pitviper, white-lipped tree viper, white-lipped bamboo viper.
Animal Group: Reptile
動物類別: 爬行類
Phylum: Chordata
門: 脊索動物門
Class: Reptilia
綱: 爬行綱
Order: Squamata
目: 有鱗目
Family: Viperidae
Other Chinese Name(s): 青竹蛇
INFORMATION:-
Named by Gray in 1842 this is Hong Kong's most common venomous snake.
Description:-
Beautiful colours, dorsal/back is bright green with yellow stripe/line near the belly. the tail can be red/brown russet coloured. The underneath is yellowish white.
A medium sized snake, around 50cm to 1 meter in length.
very triangular head (unlike the non-venomous greater green snake), and scales are slightly keeled. Quite a stocky snake and can reach up to a meter in length.
the eyes are large and dark yellow, even orange. slit like vertical pupils.
two large hinged fangs at the front of the mouth.
common throughout the territory.
mostly nocturnal, and has a sensing pit on its head to enable a strike even in total darkness - which is when many bites occur, as the snake is hidden.
This snake is reported to bite a lot of people.....my wife has spoken to 3 people who have been bitten. It is an aggressive snake and the bite, tho not fatal, can be very painful, with swelling.
Feeds on frogs, lizards, rodents etc.
Reproduction: Viviparous live young, mates in early summer with a dozen babies born 2 months later. (listed by AFCD as egg laying).
conservation status: red list...least concern.
Trimeresurus albolabris
Distributed in shrubland, grassland throughout Hong Kong.
廣泛分布於香港的灌林和草地‧
bamboo snake or bamboo pit viper. 白唇竹葉青. or 青竹蛇. Trimeresurus albolabris
Animal Group: Reptile
動物類別: 爬行類
Phylum: Chordata
門: 脊索動物門
Class: Reptilia
綱: 爬行綱
Order: Squamata
目: 有鱗目
Family: Elapidae
科: 眼鏡蛇科
Other Chinese Name(s): 青竹蛇
1842年由Gray命名，是香港最常見的毒蛇
- 顏色鮮艷、背部和後面是鮮綠色而腹部附近有黃色條紋
- 尾巴會是以紅色或棕色的枯葉色。
- 蛇身底下是淡黃的白色
- 屬於一種中型蛇，大約50cm到1米長
- 呈三角形頭(有別於無毒而大形的翠青蛇)而比例是輕微地翻轉
- 屬於一種結實的蛇，長度可長達一米。
- 眼睛普遍偏大呈暗黃色，甚至橙色。眯著眼睛像垂直的瞳孔。
- 二隻含劇毒的牙齒於嘴的前面。
- 通常出沒於其生活範圍內，它們主要於夜間出沒，許多被蛇襲擊的個案，是由於蛇通常隱藏於黑暗中，因它頭上有極敏銳的感官幫助，以致在完全黑暗中能自由活動及攻擊
- 根據記錄，這種蛇曾咬傷多人。
- 我身邊也有至少2人曾被蛇咬傷。
- 它是一種具侵略性的蛇，而被它咬傷雖不致命，但會非常疼痛及紅腫。
- 飼料通常是青蛙，蜥蜴，嚙齒目動物……等等。
- 生育:
- 蛇屬於胎生的動物，一般較年青的蛇在初夏時分可以於2個月內生產十二隻嬰孩。
.
- 保育狀態： 紅色名單…暫時未須關注。
WIKIPEDIA
Common names: white-lipped pitviper,[2] white-lipped tree viper,[3] more.
Trimeresurus albolabris is a venomous pitviper species found in Southeast Asia.
Description
T. albolabris at the Houston Zoo.Total length males 600 mm, females 810; tail length males 120 mm, females 130 mm.[5]
Head scalation consists of 10-11(12) upper labials, the first partially or completely fused to the nasal. Head scales small, subequal, feebly imbricate, smooth or weakly keeled. The supraoculars are narrow, occasionally enlarged and undivided with 8-12 interocular scales between them. Temporal scales smooth.[5]
Midbody has 21 (rarely 19) longitudinal scale rows. The ventral scales are 155-166 in males, 152-176 in females. The subcaudals are paired, 60-72 in males, 49-66 in females. The hemipenes are without spines.[5]
Color pattern: green above, the side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than rest of head. The belly is green, yellowish or white below. A light ventrolateral stripe present in all males, but absent in females. The end of tail not mottled brown.[