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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Na ntina ya kombo: "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
Esengeli mongangaEbomaka mbala moke, kasi soki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga.
Ba lézard ya venin KosuaElyaka: Mosuni
Likama mpo na bato: Ya makasiSoki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga. Kokufa ezalaka mpenza mbala moke.

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

Ezalaka na
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Amerika ya Nord
Ebandeli
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
Molai
26 cm kino 56 cm (10,2 in kino 1,8 ft)1
Kilo
550 g kino 800 g (1,2 lb kino 1,8 lb)1
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Na mabele: motamboli ya malembe
Elyaka nini?
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
Solo solo!Foto ya Gila monster
Gila monster. Foto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ndenge ya koyeba yango

  • 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

Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi 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

Makasi ya venin

Kosua

Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.

Venin na yango esalaka nini?

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

Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?

Likama mpo na bato: Ya makasiSoki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga. Kokufa ezalaka mpenza mbala moke.

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

Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?

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

Soki esui

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Sukola mpota, tika moto azala kimia mpe luka lisalisi ya monganga.

Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso

Zala na libateli

  • Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
  • Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
  • Soki moko esui yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.

Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela

Wapi na mokili?

AfrikaAziaErópaAmerika ya NordAmerika ya SudeAustralia & Océanie

Monene na yango boni?

Molai na yango boni?

Gila monster molai pene na 56 cm (1,8 ft)Pusu ya ndako pene na 50 cm (1,6 ft)Mbwa pene na 1 m (3,3 ft)

Kilo na yango boni?

kilo lokola bitabe 7
molai lokola bitabe 3 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusumolai lokola ba brique ya masano 18 na molongoekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 150 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)

Gila monster azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?

Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.

Mbangu na yango boni?

malamu koyeba

Makambo ya solo

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

Solo to lokuta?

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

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

Mpo na ba expert ya venin

Kombo ya siansi
Heloderma suspectum
Ebota
Ba lézard ya venin
Libota
Helodermatidae2
Molongo
Squamata
Bakontina
Amerika ya Nord
Bana
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Likama mpo na bato
3 / 5: Ya makasi3

Esika makambo euti

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
  3. Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.

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