聖露西亞矛頭蝮()是一種瀕危的矛頭蝮屬物種,僅見於小安地列斯群島的聖露西亞。
描述
聖露西亞矛頭蝮的總體長可超過1.3公尺。聖露西亞外唯一飼養此蛇類的地點為
毒性
聖露西亞矛頭蝮的事故極為罕見,僅有單一案例紀錄。受害者出現局部疼痛與水腫,一週後發展為左側面部偏癱伴隨面部麻痺,並出現局部出血、廣泛性腫脹、腹胸腔水腫、組織壞死及腦缺血等症狀。
參考資料
延伸閱讀
- 1887. On West Indian Reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Cambridge, Mass.
Proc. American Philos. Soc. Philadelphia 24: 278–286. ("Trigonocephalus caribbæus, sp n.", p. 285.)
- Breach, K. (2009). Quantifying the Interactions Between Humans and Endemic Pit vipers (Bothrops caribbaeus) in Saint Lucia (MSc thesis, Imperial College London). http://www.iccs.org.uk/wp-content/thesis/consci/2009/Breach.docx
外部連結
*[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Bothrops&species=caribbaeus Bothrops caribbaeus] at the Reptile Database
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