California newt
Poizoni pakhungu lakeImadya: NyamaYa poizoni, si yaululuThe California newt is a small amphibian with a warty grey back and a bright orange-yellow belly. It lives only in California, in the western United States. Its skin contains a powerful poison, so it is a good example of an animal you should look at but never handle.1

Mmene ungaizindikirire
- Warty, slate-grey skin on the back1
- Bright orange-yellow skin on the underside1
- Orange skin around the bottom of the eye (the rough-skinned newt has grey there)1
- Eyes that stick out beyond the edge of the jaw when seen from above, giving the head a bullet-like shape1
- Adults are about 13 to 20 cm long1
Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: The rough-skinned newt looks very similar and is often hard to tell apart in the field. The California newt has orange skin around the bottom of the eye and eyes that stick out past the jaw, while the rough-skinned newt has grey skin there and eyes that do not stick out. The red-bellied newt has dark irises instead of yellow, more red underneath, and a dark band across the vent.1
Mphamvu ya poizoni
Khungu lake lili ndi poizoni. Ndi yoopsa kuikhudza, kuinyambita kapena kuidya.
Poizoni wake umachita chiyani?
This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it does not bite or sting. Its skin glands release tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves). It is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide and is the same toxin found in pufferfish and harlequin frogs. It is strong enough to kill most vertebrates, including humans.1
Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?
Ngozi kwa anthu: Yoopsa kwambiriIngathe kupha munthu amene sanalandire chithandizo.The toxin is strong enough to kill people. Because of their toxin, California newts have very few natural predators.1
Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?
When threatened, it performs the unken reflex: it stretches out, arches its body, and lifts its head and tail into the air to show its bright belly. It can also produce a foamy substance when exposed to high temperatures.1
Ngati munthu waikhudza kapena waidya
- Ngati munthu wakhudza imodzi: sambitsa m'manja bwino ndipo usakhudze maso kapena pakamwa. Ngati mwana kapena chiweto chanyambita kapena chadya imodzi: imbira malo othandiza pa za poizoni kapena nambala yadzidzidzi.
Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba
Khala wotetezeka
- Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
- Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
- Ngati unaikhudza kapena kuidya: usasisite maso kapena pakamwa, sambitsa m'manja ndipo peza thandizo la dokotala.
Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Poizoni wake ulipo kuti pasapezeke choidya. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka
Kuti padziko lapansi?
Ndi yaikulu bwanji?
Ndi yaitali bwanji?
yaitali ngati zidutswa zomangira zoseweretsa 6 pamzereCalifornia newt ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?
Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.
Imathamanga bwanji?
Mfundo
Because snakes evolved resistance, newts have evolved to make far more toxin than any other predator could need, an evolutionary arms race.1
The foam the newt produces forms a protective layer that helps it keep moisture and shields it from burns during wildfires.1
Researchers believe bacteria make the tetrodotoxin, and the newts acquire it by eating those bacteria.1
Garter snakes are the most common predator, and some have developed resistance to the newt's toxin.1
Adults usually return to the same pool where they hatched to breed.1
Kuthetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano yabodza: Newts do not make any sounds.
Zoona: California newts make clicks, squeaks and whistles. Clicks are the most common, squeaks are used in defence, and whistles seem to be linked to recognising sex and to social rank.1
Za akatswiri a ululu
- Dzina la sayansi
- Taricha torosa
- Gulu
- Achule a poizoni, achule a mphini (toads) ndi ma newt
- Banja
- Salamandridae2
- Dongosolo
- Caudata
- Makontinenti
- Amereka ya Kumpoto
- Ana akhanda
- Females lay egg masses of between 7 and 30 eggs, attached to plant roots or rocks in small, slow-moving pools. The larvae hatch in early to midsummer, depending on water temperature.1
- Mmene ilili kuthengo
- California Special Concern species (DFG-CSC)1
- Ngozi kwa anthu
- 4 / 5: Yoopsa kwambiri3
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- California newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Taricha torosa (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
- Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.
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