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Mexican beaded lizard

Heloderma horridum
Davart il num: The genus name Heloderma means "studded skin" in Ancient Greek, and the species name horridum is Latin for "rough" or "rude".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 Mexican beaded lizard is a venomous lizard found mainly in Mexico and southern Guatemala. It is one of only a few lizards known to have evolved a true venom delivery system. Its venom is also being studied for possible medicines.1

Viva en
Mexico, from Sonora to Oaxaca, and parts of southern Guatemala (the Pacific and Atlantic drainages).1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives mainly in deserts, tropical deciduous forests and thorn scrub, and also in pine-oak forests, from sea level up to 1,500 m. In the wild it is active only from April to mid-November, spending about an hour a day above ground.1
Lunghezza
57 cm fin 91 cm (1,9 ft fin 3 ft)1
Paisa
4 kg (8,8 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 2,5 km/h (1,6 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It is a specialised nest predator that feeds mainly on bird and reptile eggs. It climbs deciduous trees to search for prey and sometimes eats small birds, mammals, frogs, lizards and insects.1
Propi!Foto da Mexican beaded lizard
Mexican beaded lizard. Foto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Black with yellowish spots or bands.1
  • Small, beadlike scales that do not overlap, which give it its name.1
  • Stocky body with a broad head.1
  • Short tail that stores fat, and does not regrow if broken.1
  • Adults are 57 to 91 cm long.1

Savens confundì cun: The Gila monster is its closest relative and looks similar. The Mexican beaded lizard is larger, and its colours are duller, black with yellowish bands.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 is a weak hemotoxin, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It can cause respiratory failure, which is when breathing fails. In humans, bites cause severe pain that can spread well beyond the bite and last up to 24 hours, along with swelling, weakness, sweating and a rapid drop in blood pressure.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Human deaths from its bites are rare. Eight human bites were documented in the past century, and almost all happened when people prodded captive lizards with a finger or bare foot.1

Sch'el morda

  • 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?

Mexican beaded lizard circa 91 cm lung (3 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 1 giats da chasa
uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 5 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess currer 100 meters en 140 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Mexican beaded lizard cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is one of only two venomous beaded lizard species, and the only lizards known to have evolved an overt venom delivery system, along with the rest of its genus.1

2

Some compounds in its venom are being studied for possible treatments of diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and HIV. One of them, exendin-3, is the basis of the drug exenatide.1

3

The beaded lizard is immune to the effects of its own venom.1

4

It is larger than the Gila monster, with an average adult weight of 800 g, and large specimens exceed 2,000 g.1

5

Beaded lizards have forked pink tongues that they use to smell, with the help of a Jacobson's organ.1

6

Young beaded lizards are rarely seen, as they are believed to spend much of their early lives underground.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The beaded lizard is more venomous than a rattlesnake, can cause lightning strikes with its tail, or can make a pregnant woman miscarry by looking at her.

Vardad: These beliefs are incorrect. Its venom is weak, and human deaths are rare.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Heloderma horridum
Gruppa
Luschards tissientads
Famiglia
Helodermatidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
It lays clutches of 2 to 30 eggs in late summer or early fall, and the eggs hatch the following spring or summer.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Threatened (Mexican law, category A). Listed on Appendix II of CITES.1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Mexican beaded lizard (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma horridum (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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