The proto-spearhead pit viper, also known as the turtle shell flower, is a reptile of the genus Proto-spearhead pit viper in the family Viperidae. Commonly known as rat snake, turtle shell flower, evil weed, bamboo shoot shell spot. It is one of the six poisonous snakes in Taiwan, with a triangular head.
The head of the original spearhead viper is typical of a long triangle, the neck is very small, shaped like a soldering iron, so it is called a soldering iron head. Slender body, slender tail, winding, good at climbing trees. The original spearhead pit viper is generally about 80 cm to 1.3 meters long, usually not more than a pound, which is a typical small poisonous snake, so the original spearhead viper is undoubtedly a deadly poisonous snake. The original spearhead viper is a poisonous snake with toothed teeth, which is highly poisonous, which makes people talk about tiger discoloration.
The original spearhead pit viper is mainly distributed: Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, living in hills and mountains, like in deep mountain bamboo forests, shrublands, streams, tea mountains, cultivated land, often to the residential area such as grass, garbage heaps, firewood and grass between the cracks, and even run to the homes of households, creepy.
The original spearhead pit viper, going out in the middle of the night every day, especially likes rainy days, the peak period of activity is June to August, the most like the summer temperature, the activity rate is frequent, and the daily occurrence rate of non-hibernation is 30%-70%, with an average of 52%. The snake often uses tree caves, bamboo caves, and caves as wintering places. Generally does not actively attack people, but will attack and harm people when encountering shadows and lights. The original spearhead pit viper ate fish, frogs, lizards, birds, rats, etc., and also hunted chickens and even other snakes.
The proto-spearhead pit viper is a tube-toothed venomous snake whose blood circulates through venom. The maximum toxic dose is 108 mg, the lethal dose is 48 mg, and mice with a body weight of 10 grams are injected with one ml of snake venom and die within 2 hours; if subcutaneously 0.5 ml of snake venom is injected, or 0.5 ml of snake venom is injected intraperitoneally, the injected mice will die directly from respiratory paralysis within 24 hours. The original spearhead pit viper has a high rate of disability for us humans, it is said that the serum must be beaten within two hours after being bitten, the original spearhead pit viper is very toxic, the whole piece of meat will rot after the bite, if the wound is injected with too much venom, the long time does not hit the serum will lead to amputation, the venom is 50 mg to humans. If you are bitten by this snake, you should treat the serum in time to avoid missing the best treatment time.