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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa California newt
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California newt

Taricha torosa
Ka lebitso: It is also called the orange-bellied newt, after its bright underside.1
E ka bolayaO se ke wa amaE ka bolaya ntle le kalafo. Haeba motho a e ama kapa a e ja, fumana thuso kapele.
Dihoho tse chefang, mampotsana le di-newt Chefo letlalong la yonaE ja: NamaE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The California newt is a small amphibian with a warty grey back and a bright orange-yellow belly. It lives only in California, in the western United States. Its skin contains a powerful poison, so it is a good example of an animal you should look at but never handle.1

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Endemic to California, in the Western United States: the coastal counties and the southern and central Sierra Nevada1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
California newts live in woodlands and chaparral near the small ponds and creeks where they breed. During the day they hide under rocks, logs or leaf litter. They travel to ponds, streams and slow-moving water to breed, especially during the wet season.1
Bolelele
13 cm ho isa ho 20 cm (5,1 in ho isa ho 7,9 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
Its prey includes earthworms, snails, slugs, woodlice, bloodworms, mosquito larvae and crickets. Adults will also eat their own eggs and larvae, and in the Sierra Nevada they eat trout eggs.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya California newt
California newt. Foto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Warty, slate-grey skin on the back1
  • Bright orange-yellow skin on the underside1
  • Orange skin around the bottom of the eye (the rough-skinned newt has grey there)1
  • Eyes that stick out beyond the edge of the jaw when seen from above, giving the head a bullet-like shape1
  • Adults are about 13 to 20 cm long1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The rough-skinned newt looks very similar and is often hard to tell apart in the field. The California newt has orange skin around the bottom of the eye and eyes that stick out past the jaw, while the rough-skinned newt has grey skin there and eyes that do not stick out. The red-bellied newt has dark irises instead of yellow, more red underneath, and a dark band across the vent.1

Matla a chefo

Chefo letlalong la yona

Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.

Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?

This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it does not bite or sting. Its skin glands release tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves). It is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide and is the same toxin found in pufferfish and harlequin frogs. It is strong enough to kill most vertebrates, including humans.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The toxin is strong enough to kill people. Because of their toxin, California newts have very few natural predators.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it performs the unken reflex: it stretches out, arches its body, and lifts its head and tail into the air to show its bright belly. It can also produce a foamy substance when exposed to high temperatures.1

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a amme e nngwe: hlatswa matsoho hantle mme o se ke wa ama mahlo kapa molomo. Haeba ngwana kapa phoofolo ya lapeng e e nyeditse kapa e e jele: letsetsa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) kapa nomoro ya tshohanyetso.

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 o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

California newt bolelele ba e ka bang 20 cm (7,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 6 moleng

California newt 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

Because snakes evolved resistance, newts have evolved to make far more toxin than any other predator could need, an evolutionary arms race.1

2

The foam the newt produces forms a protective layer that helps it keep moisture and shields it from burns during wildfires.1

3

Researchers believe bacteria make the tetrodotoxin, and the newts acquire it by eating those bacteria.1

4

Garter snakes are the most common predator, and some have developed resistance to the newt's toxin.1

5

Adults usually return to the same pool where they hatched to breed.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Newts do not make any sounds.

Nnete: California newts make clicks, squeaks and whistles. Clicks are the most common, squeaks are used in defence, and whistles seem to be linked to recognising sex and to social rank.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Taricha torosa
Sehlopha
Dihoho tse chefang, mampotsana le di-newt
Lelapa
Salamandridae2
Tatelano
Caudata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
Females lay egg masses of between 7 and 30 eggs, attached to plant roots or rocks in small, slow-moving pools. The larvae hatch in early to midsummer, depending on water temperature.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
California Special Concern species (DFG-CSC)1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. California newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Taricha torosa (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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