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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Ibyerekeye izina: "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
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Imiserebanya ifite ubumara IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Iba muri
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
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
Uburebure
26 cm kugeza kuri 56 cm (10,2 in kugeza kuri 1,8 ft)1
Ibiro
550 g kugeza kuri 800 g (1,2 lb kugeza kuri 1,8 lb)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Ku butaka: ugenda buhoro
Irya iki?
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
Koko!Ifoto ya Gila monster
Gila monster. Ifoto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • 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

Ikunze kwitiranywa 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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

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

Niba iruma

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Oza igikomere, umuntu agume atuje kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ni hehe ku isi?

AfurikaAziyaUburayiAmerika y'AmajyaruguruAmerika y'AmajyepfoOsitaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Gila monster ireshya hafi 56 cm (1,8 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)

Iremera ibingana iki?

iremera nk'imineke 7
ireshya n'imineke 3 ikurikiranyeireshya n'ibice 18 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 150 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Gila monster ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

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

Usenya ibinyoma

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

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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Heloderma suspectum
Itsinda
Imiserebanya ifite ubumara
Umuryango
Helodermatidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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