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Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion

Hottentotta jayakari

Ku linnya: The species name honours Dr Atmaram Sadashiv Jayakar, an Indian military surgeon stationed in Oman who became interested in the region's wildlife.1

Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo.

Enjaba

KibojjaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The black-tailed alligatorback scorpion is a scorpion with a black body and bright yellow legs. It lives across much of the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran. It is a venomous scorpion, and its sting is assumed to be medically significant.1

Kibeera mu

Much of the Arabian Peninsula and Iran1

Asiya

Obuwanvu

9 cm (3,5 in)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

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Kirya ki?

It feeds on smaller animals. It subdues its prey with a strong sting, as is typical of scorpions in the family Buthidae.1

Ekifaananyi kya Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion — Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion. Ekifaananyi: Philipp Weigell. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

The sting, pedipalps and front body section (cephalothorax) are black.1
The femur and sting segments fade from black to dark yellow.1
The legs are bright yellow, which contrasts strongly with the black body.1
The body glows (fluoresces) under ultraviolet light, as with all scorpions.1
The body reaches 5 cm long, or up to 9 cm including the sting.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom has not been properly measured. It is assumed to be medically significant, meaning it can cause real harm to people.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

This scorpion is shy and unlikely to sting, preferring to flee. Its venom is assumed to be medically significant, but it has not been properly measured.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It is reported as shy and prefers to flee rather than sting.1

Bwe kibojja

Nyogoza ekifo ekibojjeddwa ne ayisi era omuntu muleke ateetambula. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo mangu, naddala ku baana: enjaba ezimu zitta abaana.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

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Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion nga 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Its body glows under ultraviolet light, a feature shared by all scorpions.1

Its bright yellow legs contrast strongly with its black body, which makes it easy to recognise.1

It belongs to the family Buthidae, the family that contains many of the world's scorpions with medically significant venom.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Hottentotta jayakari
Ekibinja: Enjaba
Amaka: Buthidae2
Ensengeka: Scorpiones
Ssemazinga: Asiya
Akabi eri abantu: 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

Hottentotta jayakari (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Hottentotta jayakari (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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