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Mexican beaded lizard

Heloderma horridum

이름에 대해: The genus name Heloderma means "studded skin" in Ancient Greek, and the species name horridum is Latin for "rough" or "rude".1

의사가 필요해치명적인 경우는 드물지만, 물리면 의사에게 가야 해.

독도마뱀

물어먹이: 고기

사람에게 위험한 정도: 심각물리면 의사에게 가야 해. 죽는 일은 아주 드물어.

The Mexican beaded lizard is a venomous lizard found mainly in Mexico and southern Guatemala. It is one of only a few lizards known to have evolved a true venom delivery system. Its venom is also being studied for possible medicines.1

사는 곳

Mexico, from Sonora to Oaxaca, and parts of southern Guatemala (the Pacific and Atlantic drainages).1

북아메리카

홈

It lives mainly in deserts, tropical deciduous forests and thorn scrub, and also in pine-oak forests, from sea level up to 1,500 m. In the wild it is active only from April to mid-November, spending about an hour a day above ground.1

길이

57 cm~91 cm (1.9 ft~3 ft)1

몸무게

4 kg (8.8 lb)1

최고 속도

약 2.5 km/h (1.6 mph)

땅에서, 대략적인 추측

뭘 먹을까?

It is a specialised nest predator that feeds mainly on bird and reptile eggs. It climbs deciduous trees to search for prey and sometimes eats small birds, mammals, frogs, lizards and insects.1

Mexican beaded lizard 사진 — Mexican beaded lizard. 사진: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

알아보는 법

Black with yellowish spots or bands.1
Small, beadlike scales that do not overlap, which give it its name.1
Stocky body with a broad head.1
Short tail that stores fat, and does not regrow if broken.1
Adults are 57 to 91 cm long.1

자주 헷갈리는 동물: The Gila monster is its closest relative and looks similar. The Mexican beaded lizard is larger, and its colours are duller, black with yellowish bands.1

독의 힘

물어

물 때 독니나 이빨로 독이 나와.

이 독(물거나 쏘는 독)은 어떤 작용을 할까?

Its venom is a weak hemotoxin, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It can cause respiratory failure, which is when breathing fails. In humans, bites cause severe pain that can spread well beyond the bite and last up to 24 hours, along with swelling, weakness, sweating and a rapid drop in blood pressure.1

사람에게 얼마나 위험할까?

사람에게 위험한 정도: 심각물리면 의사에게 가야 해. 죽는 일은 아주 드물어.

Human deaths from its bites are rare. Eight human bites were documented in the past century, and almost all happened when people prodded captive lizards with a finger or bare foot.1

물면

상처를 씻고, 그 사람을 침착하게 하고, 의료 도움을 받아.

언제나 먼저 응급 번호(112, 000, 911)에 전화해. 이건 일반적인 응급처치 안내이고, 의학적 조언이 아니야. 응급처치 기본

안전하게 지내

야생 동물은 작더라도, 자거나 죽은 것처럼 보이더라도 절대 만지거나, 잡거나, 괴롭히지 마.
거리를 둬. 마주치면 침착하게 천천히 뒤로 물러나서 제 갈 길을 가게 해 줘.
물렸다면: 침착하게, 가만히 있고, 응급 번호(112, 000, 911)에 전화하거나 빨리 병원에 가. 생김새를 기억해 둬. 사진이 있으면 도움이 돼.

너를 노리는 게 아니야. 독은 먹이를 잡거나 자기를 지키려고 쓰는 거고, 사실은 숨는 걸 훨씬 좋아해. 안전하게 지내는 법 더 보기

세계 어디에?

아프리카 아시아 유럽 북아메리카 남아메리카 호주와 오세아니아

얼마나 클까?

얼마나 길까?

얼마나 무거울까?

집고양이 1마리만큼 무거워

집고양이 2마리를 코부터 꼬리까지 이어 놓은 길이바나나 5개를 끝과 끝을 이어 놓은 길이집고양이 정도의 무게100미터를 140초에 갈 수 있어(가장 빠른 사람은 9.6초)

Mexican beaded lizard, 너와 비교하면 얼마나 클까?

브라우저에서 계산만 해. 아무것도 저장되거나 어디로도 보내지지 않아.

얼마나 빠를까?

육지거북 약 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Mexican beaded lizard 약 2.5 km/h (1.6 mph)

걷는 사람 약 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

알아 둘 만해

사실

It is one of only two venomous beaded lizard species, and the only lizards known to have evolved an overt venom delivery system, along with the rest of its genus.1

Some compounds in its venom are being studied for possible treatments of diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and HIV. One of them, exendin-3, is the basis of the drug exenatide.1

The beaded lizard is immune to the effects of its own venom.1

It is larger than the Gila monster, with an average adult weight of 800 g, and large specimens exceed 2,000 g.1

Beaded lizards have forked pink tongues that they use to smell, with the help of a Jacobson's organ.1

Young beaded lizards are rarely seen, as they are believed to spend much of their early lives underground.1

오해 바로잡기

오해: The beaded lizard is more venomous than a rattlesnake, can cause lightning strikes with its tail, or can make a pregnant woman miscarry by looking at her.

진실: These beliefs are incorrect. Its venom is weak, and human deaths are rare.1

독 전문가를 위해

학명: Heloderma horridum
무리: 독도마뱀
가족: Helodermatidae2
정렬: Squamata
대륙: 북아메리카
아기: It lays clutches of 2 to 30 eggs in late summer or early fall, and the eggs hatch the following spring or summer.1
야생에서의 상태: Threatened (Mexican law, category A). Listed on Appendix II of CITES.1
사람에게 위험한 정도: 3 / 5: 심각3