California newt
The 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

Yadda za ka gane shi
- 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
Ana yawan rikita shi da: 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
Ƙarfin guba
Fatarsa tana da guba. Yana da haɗari a taɓa shi, a lasa shi ko a ci shi.
Me gubarsa take yi?
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
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai haɗari sosaiYana iya kashe mutumin da bai samu magani ba.The toxin is strong enough to kill people. Because of their toxin, California newts have very few natural predators.1
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
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
Idan wani ya taɓa shi ko ya ci shi
- Idan wani ya taɓa ɗaya: a wanke hannaye sosai kuma kada a taɓa idanu ko baki. Idan yaro ko dabbar gida ya lasa ko ya ci ɗaya: ka kira cibiyar guba ko lambar gaggawa.
Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa
Kiyaye lafiya
- Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
- Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
- Idan ka taɓa shi ko ka ci shi: kada ka goge idanunka ko bakinka, ka wanke hannayenka kuma ka nemi taimakon likita.
Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Gubarsa tana nan ne kawai don kada wani abu ya cinye shi. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya
Yaya girmansa yake?
Yaya tsawonsa yake?
tsawon tubalan gini na wasa 6 a jereYaya girman California newt yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?
Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.
Yaya saurinsa yake?
Bayanai
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
Mai karya tatsuniya
Tatsuniya: Newts do not make any sounds.
Gaskiya: 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
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
- Sunan kimiyya
- Taricha torosa
- Rukuni
- Kwaɗi masu guba, toad da newt
- Iyali
- Salamandridae2
- Tsari
- Caudata
- Nahiyoyi
- Arewacin Amurka
- Jarirai
- 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
- Yadda yake a cikin daji
- California Special Concern species (DFG-CSC)1
- Haɗari ga mutane
- 4 / 5: Mai haɗari sosai3
Inda bayanan suka fito
- California newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Taricha torosa (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
- Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.
Kowane bayani a wannan shafi yana da lamba da ke nuna tushensa. Idan mun yi kuskure, ka yi haƙuri, mu masoya dabbobi ne, ba mujallar kimiyya ba. Ka gaya mana a [email protected] kuma za mu gyara.
Guba a fatarsa

