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Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion

Hottentotta jayakari
Ka lebitso: The species name honours Dr Atmaram Sadashiv Jayakar, an Indian military surgeon stationed in Oman who became interested in the region's wildlife.1
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho hlajwa ho hloka ngaka.
Diphepheng Ho hlabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo hlajwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The black-tailed alligatorback scorpion is a scorpion with a black body and bright yellow legs. It lives across much of the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran. It is a venomous scorpion, and its sting is assumed to be medically significant.1

E phela
Much of the Arabian Peninsula and Iran1
Asia
Bolelele
9 cm (3,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It feeds on smaller animals. It subdues its prey with a strong sting, as is typical of scorpions in the family Buthidae.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion
Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion. Foto: Philipp Weigell. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • The sting, pedipalps and front body section (cephalothorax) are black.1
  • The femur and sting segments fade from black to dark yellow.1
  • The legs are bright yellow, which contrasts strongly with the black body.1
  • The body glows (fluoresces) under ultraviolet light, as with all scorpions.1
  • The body reaches 5 cm long, or up to 9 cm including the sting.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

The venom has not been properly measured. It is assumed to be medically significant, meaning it can cause real harm to people.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo hlajwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

This scorpion is shy and unlikely to sting, preferring to flee. Its venom is assumed to be medically significant, but it has not been properly measured.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It is reported as shy and prefers to flee rather than sting.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • Pholisa moo e hlabileng teng ka pakete ya leqhwa mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe. Fumana thuso ya bongaka kapele, haholoholo bakeng sa bana: diphepheng tse ding di bolaya bana.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion bolelele ba e ka bang 9 cm (3,5 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 3 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 220 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Its body glows under ultraviolet light, a feature shared by all scorpions.1

2

Its bright yellow legs contrast strongly with its black body, which makes it easy to recognise.1

3

It belongs to the family Buthidae, the family that contains many of the world's scorpions with medically significant venom.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Hottentotta jayakari
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Buthidae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Asia
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Hottentotta jayakari (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hottentotta jayakari (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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