Rough-skinned newt
The rough-skinned newt is a small, stocky amphibian from the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its skin gives off one of the strongest toxins of any newt, so it is a creature to admire from a distance and never handle. Its toxin is also linked to a famous fight between newts and garter snakes.1

Yadda za ka gane shi
- Stocky body with a rounded snout.1
- Top ranges from light brown to olive or brownish-black.1
- Underside, including the head, legs and tail, is orange to yellow.1
- Skin is granular, but males are smooth-skinned during the breeding season.1
- Adults are 11 to 18 cm long overall, including the tail.1
Ana yawan rikita shi da: The California newt (Taricha torosa) looks similar. The rough-skinned newt has smaller eyes, yellow irises, V-shaped tooth patterns and uniformly dark eyelids. During breeding season, males have large swollen vent lobes and cornified toe pads, which separate them from females.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 rather than venomous, so it does not bite or sting. Its skin produces tetrodotoxin (TTX), a neurotoxin that attacks the nerves. It blocks the sodium channels that nerves need to send signals. This can cause paralysis and death by asphyxiation, which means the person cannot breathe.1
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai haɗari sosaiYana iya kashe mutumin da bai samu magani ba.The toxin is mainly dangerous if the newt is eaten. Some people have had skin irritation after handling the newt, especially if they touch their eyes without washing their hands first. In 1979, a 29-year-old man from Oregon died after eating one. Some newts make enough toxin to kill several adult humans.1
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
It gives off an acrid smell that warns animals to stay away.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 Rough-skinned 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
Some common garter snakes can eat rough-skinned newts and survive. They are the only known animals today able to do this.1
A garter snake tests a newt's toxin level by partly swallowing it, then either swallows it fully or lets it go.1
Newts can detect the chemical signature of a snake that has digested one of their kind, and they move away from it.1
The toxin is made by the newt's skin microbiome, meaning the bacteria living on its skin.1
The newt and the garter snake are an example of an evolutionary arms race. Each change in one species drives change in the other.1
The toxin also appears in pufferfish and other marine animals, which share the same nerve-blocking effect.1
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Rough-skinned newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Taricha granulosa (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.
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