California newt
Tooke nder nguru mumIna ñaama: TeewuTooke memde walla ñaamde, wonaa tooke ŋatol walla fiɗolThe California newt is a small amphibian with a warty grey back and a bright orange-yellow belly. It lives only in California, in the western United States. Its skin contains a powerful poison, so it is a good example of an animal you should look at but never handle.1

No anndirto nde
- Warty, slate-grey skin on the back1
- Bright orange-yellow skin on the underside1
- Orange skin around the bottom of the eye (the rough-skinned newt has grey there)1
- Eyes that stick out beyond the edge of the jaw when seen from above, giving the head a bullet-like shape1
- Adults are about 13 to 20 cm long1
Ina jiiɓindiree e: The rough-skinned newt looks very similar and is often hard to tell apart in the field. The California newt has orange skin around the bottom of the eye and eyes that stick out past the jaw, while the rough-skinned newt has grey skin there and eyes that do not stick out. The red-bellied newt has dark irises instead of yellow, more red underneath, and a dark band across the vent.1
Doole tooke
Nguru mum ko tooke. Ina bone memde nde, memde nde e ɗemngal walla ñaamde nde.
Hol ko tooke mum (memde walla ñaamde) waɗata?
This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it does not bite or sting. Its skin glands release tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves). It is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide and is the same toxin found in pufferfish and harlequin frogs. It is strong enough to kill most vertebrates, including humans.1
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo heɓaali safaara.The toxin is strong enough to kill people. Because of their toxin, California newts have very few natural predators.1
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
When threatened, it performs the unken reflex: it stretches out, arches its body, and lifts its head and tail into the air to show its bright belly. It can also produce a foamy substance when exposed to high temperatures.1
Si neɗɗo memii nde walla ñaamii nde
- Si neɗɗo memii gooto: lootu juuɗe moƴƴa, taa memu gite walla hunnduko. Si ɓiɗɗo walla dabbaare galle memii gooto e ɗemngal walla ñaamii nde: noddu nokku ballal tooke walla lamba ballal yaawngal.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
Reen hoore maa
- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si a memii nde walla a ñaamii nde: taa momtu gite maa walla hunnduko maa, lootu juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktaa.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Tooke mum ina woodi tan ngam taa huunde ñaama nde. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
juuti no bulok fijo 6 jokkondiraaɗiHol no California newt mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
Because snakes evolved resistance, newts have evolved to make far more toxin than any other predator could need, an evolutionary arms race.1
The foam the newt produces forms a protective layer that helps it keep moisture and shields it from burns during wildfires.1
Researchers believe bacteria make the tetrodotoxin, and the newts acquire it by eating those bacteria.1
Garter snakes are the most common predator, and some have developed resistance to the newt's toxin.1
Adults usually return to the same pool where they hatched to breed.1
Feññinoowo goonga
Fenaande: Newts do not make any sounds.
Goonga: California newts make clicks, squeaks and whistles. Clicks are the most common, squeaks are used in defence, and whistles seem to be linked to recognising sex and to social rank.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Taricha torosa
- Fedde
- Kwaɗoji tooke, kwaɗoji mawɗi e newt
- Besngu
- Salamandridae2
- Tolno
- Caudata
- Nahiyaaji
- Amerik Rewo
- Ɓikkoy
- Females lay egg masses of between 7 and 30 eggs, attached to plant roots or rocks in small, slow-moving pools. The larvae hatch in early to midsummer, depending on water temperature.1
- Hol no nde wonata e ladde
- California Special Concern species (DFG-CSC)1
- Bone e yimɓe
- 4 / 5: Bone sanne3
Ɗo anndal iwi
- California newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Taricha torosa (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
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