Perentie
The perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

No anndirto nde
- Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
- Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
- Limbs are dark with white spots.1
- Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1
Ina jiiɓindiree e: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.
Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?
Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.1
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.1
Si nde ŋatii
- Lootu barme, deeƴin neɗɗo oo, heɓu ballal doktaa.
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 gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Nde huutora tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reende hoore mum, nde ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
Hol no nde teddi?
juuti no dawaaɗi 2,5, hinere haa laaci
juuti no ayaba 14 jokkondiraaɗi
ina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 20 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)Hol no Perentie mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1
They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1
Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1
Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1
The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1
The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1
Feññinoowo goonga
Fenaande: Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.
Goonga: Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
Kala anndal e ngoo hello ina jogii limre hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, accu min, min yiɗɓe dabbaaji, wonaa jaridaa ganndal. Wiy min e [email protected] min feewnitay.
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