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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans

Ku linnya: The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1

Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.

Ebiwuka eby'amagulu amangi (centipedes)

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The Tanzanian blue ringleg is a centipede with a bright red head, though its colour varies from place to place. It lives in warm places across many parts of the world, including much of Australia, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It is a fast-hunting nocturnal predator, and its bite can be painful.1

Kibeera mu

Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1

Afirika, Asiya, Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Awaka

It prefers warm environments and needs enough air humidity to survive. It shelters under leaves, bark, logs and other ground debris, and is often found in inhabited areas. Its preference for conditions similar to those on ships has been suggested as a reason for its spread.1

Obuwanvu

13 cm (5 in)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It is an aggressive and opportunistic predator that hunts mainly at night. It eats other arthropods and some small vertebrates, using its strong jaws and venom to capture, incapacitate and digest its prey.1

Ekifaananyi kya Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede — Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede. Ekifaananyi: Jackson Nugent. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Adults are generally characterised by a bright red head and a brownish body.1
Adults have distinct striations, or lines, between each body segment.1
Juveniles lack clear stripes and often have a head that is a similar colour to their body.1
Adults grow to around 13 cm, though colour varies widely between populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1
In the field, the species can sometimes be told apart from other Scolopendras by its relatively thick rear legs, called ultimate legs.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is often confused with the giant red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros), the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspines) and the Tanzanian blue ring centipede (Ethmostigmus trignopdus), which have similar-sounding common names. Thick rear legs can help separate it from other Scolopendras.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and it rapidly paralyses and kills prey. The venom contains serotonin, which causes a pain response, along with proteins and enzymes. In humans, bites can cause redness, swelling and, in some cases, severe pain.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Bites in humans cause redness, swelling and sometimes severe pain. Robust case studies of this species are limited, so its effects on people are not well documented.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When approached from behind, it raises its ultimate legs aggressively, which may confuse predators by disguising its vulnerable flanks as its fang-bearing head.1

Bwe kiruma

Naaza ekifo ekirumiddwa, kinyogoze oba kinnyike mu mazzi ag'ebbugumu olw'obulumi, era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo singa kyeyongera okuba ekibi.

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 ekuluma: 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

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga bbulooka 4 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 240 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede nga 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

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

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Centipedes are the only known animals whose venom partly comes from genes transferred horizontally from several other groups of organisms.1

Enzymes in its venom let it digest prey outside its body, sucking out the broken-down contents through the prey's exoskeleton.1

The venom of this species contained the first active enzymes ever found in any centipede venom, discovered at Ain Shams University in 1983.1

It is kept as a pet and traded internationally, with prices averaging around US$35 online.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The species can be identified by its colour alone.

Amazima: Colour varies widely across regional populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Scolopendra morsitans
Ekibinja: Ebiwuka eby'amagulu amangi (centipedes)
Amaka: Scolopendridae2
Ensengeka: Scolopendromorpha
Ssemazinga: Afirika, Asiya, Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Abaana abawere: The female builds a brood chamber under the ground and lays 22 to 86 eggs, coiling around them and her young to guard them.1
Obuwangaazi: nga emyaka 41
Akabi eri abantu: 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

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Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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