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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Sobre o nome: "Gila" comes from the Gila River Basin in Arizona and New Mexico, where the lizard was once common. "Heloderma" is Greek for "studded skin".1
Precisa un médicoRaramente mortal, pero unha mordedura precisa un médico.
Lagartos pezoñentos MordeCome: Carne
Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

The Gila monster is a heavy, slow-moving lizard with a venomous bite. It lives in the south-western United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States, but it rarely poses a real threat to people.1

Vive en
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
América do Norte
Inicio
It lives in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland, and shelters in burrows, thickets and under rocks. It spends about 90% of its life underground. It can be seen in puddles after a summer rain.1
Lonxitude
26 cm a 56 cm (10,2 in a 1,8 ft)1
Peso
550 g a 800 g (1,2 lb a 1,8 lb)1
Velocidade máxima
uns 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
En terra: alguén que camiña amodo
Que come?
It eats small mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, eggs and carrion. It finds prey by smell, using its forked, black-blue tongue, and it hunts by day or night.1
De verdade!Foto de Gila monster
Gila monster. Foto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Como recoñecelo

  • Adults are yellow to pink on a black background.1
  • Hatchlings have a simple, uniform pattern that is less colourful, and it changes over their first 6 months.1
  • It has a heavy body, a stout snout and a massive head.1
  • Adults can reach 56 cm in total length.1
  • Males often have larger, more triangular heads than females.1

Adoita confundirse con: Its closest relatives are beaded lizards, which live in Mexico and Guatemala. In the United States, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

The venom is made in glands in the lower jaw and flows along grooves in the lower teeth into the bite. It contains more than a dozen peptides and other substances, which cause pain and swelling. Four potentially lethal toxins have been found, which can cause bleeding inside the organs.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adults. One death has been confirmed since 1930, on 16 February 2024. Earlier deaths involved adults who were drunk or whose bite was treated badly. Bites are painful and can cause shock, but the lizard is sluggish and rarely a real threat.1

Que fai cando ten medo?

Its bright colours may warn predators to keep away, because it can inflict pain.1

Se morde

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Lava a ferida, mantén a persoa tranquila e busca axuda médica.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

  • Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
  • Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
  • Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

En que lugar do mundo?

ÁfricaAsiaEuropaAmérica do NorteAmérica do SurAustralia e Oceanía

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

Gila monster mide uns 56 cm (1,8 ft)Un gato doméstico uns 50 cm (1,6 ft)Un can uns 1 m (3,3 ft)

Canto pesa?

pesa coma 7 bananas
mide coma 3 bananas postas en filamide coma 18 pezas de construción de xoguete en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 150 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Gila monster comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

1

Exendin-4, one of the venom's peptides, led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.1

2

Young Gila monsters can swallow up to half of their body weight in a single meal.1

3

It can store fat in its tail and survive a whole season on three to four large meals in spring.1

4

Its venom is thought to have evolved mainly for defence, because its prey is mostly eggs, small animals and other helpless prey.1

5

It can climb trees, cacti and fairly straight, rough-surfaced walls.1

6

Its teeth are replaced throughout its life, and broken teeth are replaced by the teeth behind them.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

Verdade: The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adult humans. One death has been confirmed since 1930.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico
Heloderma suspectum
Grupo
Lagartos pezoñentos
Familia
Helodermatidae2
Orde
Squamata
Continentes
América do Norte
Crías
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Perigo para as persoas
3 / 5: Grave3

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
  3. Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.

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