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Common desert centipede

Scolopendra polymorpha
Davart il num: Its scientific name, polymorpha, means "many forms", because its colours vary so much from one centipede to another.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Tschientpeis Morsas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The common desert centipede is a large centipede that lives in the deserts and dry grasslands of western North America. It is known for its striped body and for its venom, which scientists are studying for possible medical uses.1

Viva en
Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, north to the Pacific coast) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in dry grasslands, forests and deserts. During the day it shelters in cool, moist places such as under desert rocks. It also digs burrows and sometimes lives inside rotting logs.1
Lunghezza
10 cm fin 18 cm (3,9 in fin 7,1 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Common desert centipede
Common desert centipede. Foto: Evrytte Carlson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Adults usually measure 10 to 18 cm long.1
  • Each body segment has one dark stripe along its side, which gives it the name tiger centipede.1
  • Most have a darker brown, red or orange head, lighter brown, tan or orange body segments and yellow legs.1
  • Some populations, such as those in Southern California, are entirely light blue with indigo stripes and turquoise legs.1
  • Its antennae have seven or more smooth segments.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom contains a peptide called SPC13 that kills or slows some bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In studies on mice, the venom damaged muscle, causing tissue death and abnormal mitochondria (the parts of cells that make energy). It may also affect the respiratory complexes, the chemical systems cells use to make energy, of the animals it hunts.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Its venom is used to defend itself, but it cannot fully rebuild its venom within 48 hours, which limits how well it can defend itself.1

Sch'el morda

  • Lava la morsa, sfradenta ella u metta ella en aua tievja cunter las dolurs, e tschertga agid medicinal, sch'i vegn mender.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Common desert centipede circa 18 cm lung (7,1 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 6 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 220 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Common desert centipede cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its venom contains a peptide that has shown antimicrobial activity against bacteria that cause hospital infections.1

2

Within two days it regenerates 65 to 86% of its venom volume, but its venom levels do not return to their original amounts even after 7 months.1

3

The bigger the centipede, the slower its venom regenerates, so body size limits how quickly it can recover its venom.1

4

Its colours are so varied that its species name, polymorpha, means "many forms".1

5

It is most active at night during the cool winter months, or during the summer New Mexico Monsoon, when it is cooler and wetter.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Scolopendra polymorpha
Gruppa
Tschientpeis
Famiglia
Scolopendridae2
Urden
Scolopendromorpha
Continents
America dal Nord
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Scolopendra polymorpha (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra polymorpha (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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