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Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Strupeni kuščarji

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The desert monitor is a large lizard that lives across North Africa, Central Asia and parts of South Asia. It can grow to almost 2 metres long and hunts a wide range of animals, including snakes. Its bite can inject venom, which is why it is worth knowing about.1

Živi v

North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-west India1

Afrika, Azija

Domov

It lives in barren deserts with sand or clay soil, and sometimes in wooded areas. It digs burrows and stays in them during the middle of the day. It also uses road surfaces for basking and scavenging for roadkill.1

Dolžina

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Največja hitrost

približno 14 km/h (8,7 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

Its preferred prey is mice, eggs or fish, but it also eats other small mammals, reptiles (including other lizards, snakes and tortoises), birds, amphibians, insects, other invertebrates and carrion. It will take whatever food is available.1

Fotografija: Desert monitor — Desert monitor. Fotografija: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Body colour ranges from light brown and yellow to grey.1
Many have horizontal bands on the back or tail, and yellow spots across the back.1
Young lizards are bright orange with distinct bands across the back, which may fade as they mature.1
Nostrils are slits set farther back on the snout, closer to the eyes than the nose.1
Males are larger and more robust than females.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

Its bite can introduce venom through venom glands in the lower jaw. The venom has a neurotoxic effect, which attacks the nerves. In humans, symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, muscle pain, a fast heartbeat, difficulty breathing and diarrhoea. Symptoms can start within about 20 minutes and last around 24 hours, although itching at the bite area can last for at least two months.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

When its body temperature is below 21 °C and it is chased by a predator, it will not run away. Instead it holds its ground and becomes extremely aggressive.1

Če ugrizne

Rano umij, poškodovanca pomiri in poišči zdravniško pomoč.

Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči

Ostani varen

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Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

dolga kot 4 domačih mačk od nosu do repadolga kot 11 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore 100 metrov v 26 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je Desert monitor v primerjavi s TABO?

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Kako hitra je?

Otrok na kolesu približno 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

Desert monitor približno 14 km/h (8,7 mph)

Človek, ki šprinta približno 37 km/h (23 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Their running speed depends on body temperature. It rises from a little over 1 metre per second at 21 °C to around 3 metres per second at 37 °C.1

Desert monitors are good swimmers and divers, and they sometimes enter water to hunt for food.1

They can live in cold places. The species is present as far north as south-west Kazakhstan, which makes it one of the few monitor lizards that tolerate cold temperatures.1

In Morocco, many desert monitors die after climbing into concrete rainwater wells called matfias and becoming trapped.1

Some populations in the Indian subspecies do not truly hibernate. Instead they slow down, become lethargic and stop feeding from December to March.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: Only snakes, Gila monsters and beaded lizards have venom.

Resnica: Venom was once thought to be unique to these animals, but this is no longer the case. Venom glands are found in the lower jaws of most, if not all, monitor lizard species.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Varanus griseus
Skupina: Strupeni kuščarji
Družina: Varanidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Afrika, Azija
Mladiči: It lays 10 to 20 eggs in a clutch. The eggs hatch after an average of 120 days, and the babies are about 25 cm long at birth.1
Življenjska doba: približno 8 let1
Kako ji gre v naravi: CITES Appendix I1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Desert monitor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus griseus (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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