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Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.

Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo

Ho lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela

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

Afrika, Asia

Lapeng

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

Bolelele

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Lebelo le phahameng

e ka bang 14 km/h (8,7 mph)

Naheng, kakanyo feela

E ja eng?

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

Foto ya Desert monitor — Desert monitor. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

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

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

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

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

Hlatswa leqeba, boloka motho a kgutsitse mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

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 loma: 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?

Afrika Asia Yuropa Amerika Leboya Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 11 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 26 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Desert monitor 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?

Ngwana ya palameng baesekele e ka bang 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

Desert monitor e ka bang 14 km/h (8,7 mph)

Motho ya mathang ka matla e ka bang 37 km/h (23 mph)

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

Nnete: 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense: Varanus griseus
Sehlopha: Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo
Lelapa: Varanidae2
Tatelano: Squamata
Dikontinente: Afrika, Asia
Masea: 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
Nako ya bophelo: e ka bang dilemo tse 81
Boemo ba yona naheng: CITES Appendix I1
Kotsi ho batho: 2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Desert monitor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus griseus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
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