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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans
Baɗte innde: The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1
Ina muusa tanIna muusa, kono gaañataa ma bone mawɗo.
Shanshani Ina ŋataIna ñaama: Teewu
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.

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

Ina wona e
Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1
Afirik, Asiya, Australiya e Oseaniya
Galle
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
Njuuteendi
13 cm (5 in)1
Yaawre ɓurnde
ɓadii 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)
E leydi, miijo tan
Hol ko nde ñaamata?
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
Goonga!Foto Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede
Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede. Foto: Jackson Nugent. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirto nde

  • 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

Ina jiiɓindiree e: 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

Doole tooke

Ina ŋata

Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.

Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?

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

Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.

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

Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?

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

Si nde ŋatii

  • Lootu ŋatol ngol, ɓuuɓnu ngol walla naatnu ngol e ndiyam wulɗam seeɗa ngam muusu, heɓu ballal doktaa si ɗum ɓurii bonde.

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?

AfirikAsiyaTuraiAmerik RewoAmerik WorgoAustraliya e Oseaniya

Hol no nde mawni?

Hol no nde juuti?

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede juuti ɓadii 13 cm (5 in)Kilip kaayit ɓadii 3 cm (1,2 in)Tarho smartphone ɓadii 15 cm (5,9 in)
juuti no bulok fijo 4 jokkondiraaɗiina waawi dogde meeter 100 nder sakan 240 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina haani 9,6)

Hol no Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede mawni, fottindaade e AAN?

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Anndal

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

Feññinoowo goonga

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

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

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Scolopendra morsitans
Fedde
Shanshani
Besngu
Scolopendridae2
Tolno
Scolopendromorpha
Nahiyaaji
Afirik, Asiya, Australiya e Oseaniya
Ɓikkoy
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
Duuɓi nguurndam
ɓadii duuɓi 41
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Ina muusa3

Ɗo anndal iwi

  1. Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra morsitans (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
  3. Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.

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