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SpeciesElapidae
Reptiles

🐍Aipysurus duboisii

Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869

杜氏剑尾海蛇(学名:Aipysurus duboisii)是一种有剧毒的海蛇,多分佈在巴布亚新几内亚、新喀里多尼亚和澳大利亚等太平洋的北、东、西部沿海地區。 它们生活在在海平面80米以下的珊瑚礁,其中分布着大量的海藻,无脊椎动物和珊瑚或海绵,可以作为庇护所的沉积物中。这些蛇捕食海鳝和各种鱼。杜氏剑尾海蛇是胎生动物,而不是卵生动物。它们有中等攻击性,即受到了外来威胁发动自卫性质的反击,而不是自发的。毒牙则为1.8毫米长,这是相对较短的一条蛇,和毒液产量为0.44毫克。杜氏剑尾海蛇是晨昏性动物(即总是在傍晚或黎明出来活动),这意味着它们一天中最活跃的时间是在黎明和黄昏。 在1996年出版的一本名為Snakes in Question的著作中,因其將半數致死量(LD50)的各種注射模式,所產生的數據混用,導致誤解杜氏劍尾海蛇,為世界上最毒的蛇。 在LD50相同注射模式下,毒性最毒的蛇應為內陸太攀蛇。 List of dangerous snakes (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) 而毒性最強的海蛇為鉤鼻海蛇。

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≈ 1/580th of your weight
Also called
Dubois' Sea Snake, Reef shallows sea snake, Reef Shallows Sea Snake
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2010.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.11 kg
Body length
0.7 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Aipysurus duboisii

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Body mass
0.11 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.7 mmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular
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Foraging mode
ACT
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Venomous
Yes
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Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Aipysurus duboisii yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyElapidae
  5. ›genusAipysurus
  6. ›speciesAipysurus duboisii
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusAipysurus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusAipysurus
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