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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans

Ne din ho asɛm: The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1

Ɛyɛ yaw kɛkɛƐyɛ yaw, nanso ɛrenpira wo kɛseɛ.

Centipede

KaƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.

The Tanzanian blue ringleg is a centipede with a bright red head, though its colour varies from place to place. It lives in warm places across many parts of the world, including much of Australia, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It is a fast-hunting nocturnal predator, and its bite can be painful.1

Ɔte

Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1

Abibirem, Asia, Australia ne Oceania

Fie

It prefers warm environments and needs enough air humidity to survive. It shelters under leaves, bark, logs and other ground debris, and is often found in inhabited areas. Its preference for conditions similar to those on ships has been suggested as a reason for its spread.1

Tenten

13 cm (5 in)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

It is an aggressive and opportunistic predator that hunts mainly at night. It eats other arthropods and some small vertebrates, using its strong jaws and venom to capture, incapacitate and digest its prey.1

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede mfonini — Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede. Mfonini: Jackson Nugent. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

Adults are generally characterised by a bright red head and a brownish body.1
Adults have distinct striations, or lines, between each body segment.1
Juveniles lack clear stripes and often have a head that is a similar colour to their body.1
Adults grow to around 13 cm, though colour varies widely between populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1
In the field, the species can sometimes be told apart from other Scolopendras by its relatively thick rear legs, called ultimate legs.1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: It is often confused with the giant red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros), the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspines) and the Tanzanian blue ring centipede (Ethmostigmus trignopdus), which have similar-sounding common names. Thick rear legs can help separate it from other Scolopendras.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and it rapidly paralyses and kills prey. The venom contains serotonin, which causes a pain response, along with proteins and enzymes. In humans, bites can cause redness, swelling and, in some cases, severe pain.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.

Bites in humans cause redness, swelling and sometimes severe pain. Robust case studies of this species are limited, so its effects on people are not well documented.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When approached from behind, it raises its ultimate legs aggressively, which may confuse predators by disguising its vulnerable flanks as its fang-bearing head.1

Sɛ ɛka a

Hohoro baabi a ɛkaa no, dwo anaa fa hyɛ nsuo a ɛyɛ hyew kakra mu ma yaw no, na hwehwɛ dɔkota mmoa sɛ ɛyɛ den kɔ so a.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Wiase mu baabi bɛn?

Abibirem Asia Yuropu Amerika Atifi Amerika Anaafoɔ Australia ne Oceania

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

ne tenten te sɛ agodeɛ blɔk 4 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 240 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.

Ne ntɛm te sɛn?

Akyekyedeɛ bɛyɛ 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede bɛyɛ 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

Onipa a ɔrenante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

Centipedes are the only known animals whose venom partly comes from genes transferred horizontally from several other groups of organisms.1

Enzymes in its venom let it digest prey outside its body, sucking out the broken-down contents through the prey's exoskeleton.1

The venom of this species contained the first active enzymes ever found in any centipede venom, discovered at Ain Shams University in 1983.1

It is kept as a pet and traded internationally, with prices averaging around US$35 online.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: The species can be identified by its colour alone.

Nokorɛ: Colour varies widely across regional populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Scolopendra morsitans
Kuo: Centipede
Abusua: Scolopendridae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Scolopendromorpha
Asaase akɛseɛ: Abibirem, Asia, Australia ne Oceania
Mmofra nketewa: The female builds a brood chamber under the ground and lays 22 to 86 eggs, coiling around them and her young to guard them.1
Mfeɛ a ɔtena ase: bɛyɛ mfeɛ 41
Asiane ma nnipa: 2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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