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Indian red scorpion

Hottentotta tamulus
Ku linnya: The species name tamulus is thought to come from the Tamil people of southeastern India, where the scorpion occurs.1
KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga okutta ku Nsi. Bw'ekubojja, kuba essimu okufuna obuyambi amangu ddala.Obuyambi obw'amangu n'eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) biwonya abantu abasinga obungi. Kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze mangu ddala.
Enjaba KibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

The Indian red scorpion is a small, venomous scorpion found across most of India, eastern Pakistan, the eastern lowlands of Nepal and, more recently, Sri Lanka. It often lives close to people, so its sting is a serious concern in busy rural areas, especially for children.1

Kibeera mu
Most of India, eastern Pakistan, the eastern lowlands of Nepal, and recently recorded in Sri Lanka1
Asiya
Awaka
It lives in vegetated lowlands with a humid subtropical to tropical climate, and often lives close to or inside human homes, especially in rural areas. It is found in scrubland, cropland, mango orchards, Eucalyptus plantations and under tree bark. People mostly meet it at night or in the early morning, when it crawls into beds or falls from ceilings.1
Obuwanvu
5 cm okutuuka ku 9 cm (2 in okutuuka ku 3,5 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is nocturnal and hunts small invertebrates, and sometimes small vertebrates such as lizards.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Indian red scorpion
Indian red scorpion. Ekifaananyi: Shantanu Kuveskar. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Its walking legs and the tips of its pincers are bright orange-yellow to light reddish-brown.1
  • Its body is about 5 to 9 cm long (50 to 90 mm).1
  • It has three distinct ridges (carinae) on the top of its body segments.1
  • It has rather small pincers, a moderately thick tail and a rounded tail tip with a large stinger.1
  • In males, the base of the pincers is slightly more swollen than in females.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Under tree bark, its close relative Hottentotta pachyurus is far more common, making up about 91% of scorpions found there in one study in Pune, western India. Scorpions found under bark in that area are therefore more likely to be that species.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom is a complex mixture of proteins, including a toxin called tamapin. It mainly affects the heart and lungs, causing symptoms such as severe local pain, vomiting, sweating, unconsciousness, muscle convulsions, breathlessness, abnormal heart rhythms, shock and pulmonary oedema (fluid in the lungs), which may cause death.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

It is of great medical significance in densely populated areas of India and Nepal and occasionally causes human deaths. Clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%, and most victims are children. In Sri Lanka, 12 children in Jaffna died from its stings in 2011, and 80 patients were recorded in 2012.1

Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Antivenin is the specific treatment, combined with supportive care such as vasodilators for heart effects and benzodiazepines for muscle effects. Scorpion antivenom has shown little effect in clinical treatment, while the drug prazosin, which lowers raised blood pressure, is usually recommended and reduces the mortality rate to less than 4%. Get to a hospital fast.1
  • 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.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Indian red scorpion kiwanvu nga 9 cm (3,5 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 3 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 220 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Most of its victims are children, and clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%.1

2

It often comes indoors, where it may crawl into beds or fall from ceilings at night.1

3

Its venom affects the heart and lungs more than the nerves, which is why its symptoms can become life-threatening.1

4

Prazosin, a drug used to lower blood pressure, reduces its mortality rate to less than 4%.1

5

It was not originally found in Sri Lanka, but studies from 2010 to 2013 showed it is now present there.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Five different subspecies of the Indian red scorpion exist.

Amazima: R.I. Pocock described five groups in 1900, but these are colour variants (colour morphs), not true subspecies.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hottentotta tamulus
Ekibinja
Enjaba
Amaka
Buthidae2
Ensengeka
Scorpiones
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Akabi eri abantu
5 / 5: Kitta3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Hottentotta tamulus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hottentotta tamulus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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