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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Davart il num: "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
Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Luschards tissientads MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Viva en
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
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
Lunghezza
26 cm fin 56 cm (10,2 in fin 1,8 ft)1
Paisa
550 g fin 800 g (1,2 lb fin 1,8 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Sin terra: ina persuna che va plaun
Tge mangia el?
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
Propi!Foto da Gila monster
Gila monster. Foto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Savens confundì cun: 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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

Sch'el morda

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Lava la plaja, tegna la persuna quieta e tschertga agid medicinal.

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?

Gila monster circa 56 cm lung (1,8 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 7 bananas
uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 18 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 150 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Gila monster cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Heloderma suspectum
Gruppa
Luschards tissientads
Famiglia
Helodermatidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (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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