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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Gbasara aha ya: "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
Ọ chọrọ dọkịtaỌ naghị egbukarị egbu, mana ịta ya chọrọ dọkịta.
Ngwere na-agba nsị ỊtaNri ya: Anụ
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

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

Ebe obibi
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Ugwu Amerika
Ụlọ
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
Ogologo
26 cm ruo 56 cm (10.2 in ruo 1.8 ft)1
Arọ
550 g ruo 800 g (1.2 lb ruo 1.8 lb)1
Ọsọ kacha elu
ihe dị ka 2.4 km/h (1.5 mph)
N'elu ala: onye na-eje ije nwayọ
Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?
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
N'ezie!Foto Gila monster
Gila monster. Foto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

  • 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

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: 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

Ike nsị

Ịta

Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.

Gịnị ka nsị ọ na-agba na-eme?

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

Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

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

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

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

Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Saa ọnya ahụ, mee ka onye ahụ dị jụụ, chọọkwa enyemaka ọgwụ.

Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ

Nọrọ na nchekwa

  • Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
  • Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
  • Ọ bụrụ na otu tara gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.

Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa

Ebee n'ụwa?

AfrịkaEshiaYuropUgwu AmerikaNdịda AmerikaỌstrelia na Oshenia

Ọ hà aṅaa?

Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?

Gila monster ogologo ya dị ihe dị ka 56 cm (1.8 ft)Nwamba ụlọ ihe dị ka 50 cm (1.6 ft)Nkịta ihe dị ka 1 m (3.3 ft)

Kedu otú o si dị arọ?

dị arọ dị ka unere 7
dị ogologo dị ka unere 3 a tọgbọrọ n'ahịrịdị ogologo dị ka blọk egwuregwu 18 n'ahịrịnwere ike ịgba ọsọ mita 100 n'ime sekọnd 150 (mmadụ kacha ọsọ chọrọ 9,6)

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ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

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

Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha

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

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

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị
Heloderma suspectum
Otu
Ngwere na-agba nsị
Ezinụlọ
Helodermatidae2
Usoro
Squamata
Kọntinent dị iche iche
Ugwu Amerika
Ụmụ ọhụrụ
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
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Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.

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