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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans
Izenari buruz: The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1
Min ematen du, besterik ezMin ematen du, baina ez dizu kalte larririk egingo.
Ehunzangoak KoskaJaten du: Haragia
Arriskua pertsonentzat: MingarriaBenetan min handia eman dezake, baina ia inoiz ez da larria.

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

Non bizi den
Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1
Afrika, Asia, Australia eta Ozeania
Hasiera
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
Luzera
13 cm (5 in)1
Abiadura handiena
1,5 km/h inguru (0,93 mph)
Lehorrean, kalkulu gutxi gorabeherakoa
Zer jaten du?
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
Benetan!Argazkia: Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede
Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede. Argazkia: Jackson Nugent. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Nola ezagutu

  • 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

Askotan honekin nahasten da: 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

Pozoi-ahalmena

Koska

Pozoia letaginetatik edo hortzetatik ateratzen da kosk egiten duenean.

Zer egiten du bere pozoiak?

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

Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?

Arriskua pertsonentzat: MingarriaBenetan min handia eman dezake, baina ia inoiz ez da larria.

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

Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?

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

Kosk egiten badu

  • Garbitu koska, hoztu edo sartu ur epelean minerako, eta lortu mediku-laguntza okerrera egiten badu.

Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak

Egon seguru

  • Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
  • Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
  • Batek kosk egiten badizu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.

Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago

Munduko zein tokitan?

AfrikaAsiaEuropaIpar AmerikaHego AmerikaAustralia eta Ozeania

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Zein luzea da?

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede 13 cm inguru luze (5 in)Klip bat 3 cm inguru (1,2 in)Telefono adimendun bat 15 cm inguru (5,9 in)
4 eraikuntza-bloke ilaran jarrita bezain luzea100 metro 240 segundotan egin litzake (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia da Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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Datuak

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

Mito-hauslea

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

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

Pozoi-adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Scolopendra morsitans
Taldea
Ehunzangoak
Familia
Scolopendridae2
Ordena
Scolopendromorpha
Kontinenteak
Afrika, Asia, Australia eta Ozeania
Kumeak
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
Bizi-iraupena
4 urte inguru1
Arriskua pertsonentzat
2 / 5: Mingarria3

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra morsitans (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
  3. Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.

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