Which is the most widely distributed venomous snake in our country? Then the editor thinks it should be a small poisonous snake called the short-tailed pit viper. This kind of poisonous snake has a strong ability to adapt to the environment. It is found in most provinces of my country, and there is no distinction between north and south. The northern provinces such as Shaanxi, Liaoning, Gansu, Hebei, etc., the southern provinces such as Sichuan, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi and so on.

Although As many as 18 provinces in my country have short-tailed pit vipers, but don't worry too much. Short-tailed pit vipers are slow and docile, and will not actively attack humans. However, if you touch its body or step on it, you will be attacked.

The following editor will give you a brief introduction to the short-tailed pit viper.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】short-tailed pit viper

【Latin name】Gloydius brevicaudus

[Another name] Red earth ball, grass flying viper

[Kingdom] Animalia

[Door] Chordate

【Class】Reptiles

【Order】Squamata

【Suborder】Snakes

【Family】Viperidae

【genus】Asian pit viper

【species】short-tailed pit viper

【named by】Stejneger

【named time】1907

2. Appearance characteristics

1. Body size: The short-tailed pit viper is smaller in size. Its adult body length is only 30 cm to 50 cm, and the body length of the newborn short-tailed pit viper is only about 15 cm, which can be regarded as one of the smallest venomous snakes in the world.

2. Appearance: Like many Vipers, the short-tailed pit viper has a triangular head, and its overall color is light brown or reddish brown. Because there is a white eyebrow pattern behind its eyes, it has a short tail. The pit viper was also called the long-browed pit viper in the past.

III. Habits

1. Diet: The short-tailed pit viper is a carnivorous snake with a wide range of diets, including freshwater fish, frogs, lizards, birds, and rodents. favorite food.

2. Activity: The short-tailed pit viper is a twilight snake, that is, it is active in the morning and evening. Its action is relatively slow, and it does not like to move. It often uses surprise attacks to hunt, and its color is like a natural camouflage uniform, which is not easy to be found by prey. When hunting, it will choose a comfortable position to curl up still, and when the prey passes by, it will suddenly pop out its head and attack, quickly bite the prey with its fangs and inject venom.

3. Reproduction: The short-tailed pit viper is ovoviviparous, and each female can produce more than 10 small snakes at a time. It enters the breeding season from May to September every year. Newborn baby snakes are generally 14 to 19 cm long and weigh 7 to 12 grams.

4. Snake venom

The snake venom of the short-tailed pit viper is a mixed venom, mainly blood circulation toxins, and also contains neurotoxins. Toxins circulating in the blood mainly make the limbs highly swollen and painful. In addition to the functions of predation, digestion and self-defense, the venom of the short-tailed pit viper also has extremely high medicinal value for humans.

V. Status of the population

Because the venom of the short-tailed pit viper has a good medicinal effect, it has always been hunted and killed by people. object. Coupled with the reduction of its habitat caused by human activities, the number of short-tailed pit vipers is not as much as it used to be, and it is even difficult to see the shadow of wild short-tailed pit vipers in many areas.

 Well, about the short-tailed viper This is the introduction of the pit viper editor. If you want to know more about other snakes, you may wish to continue to pay attention to this site.