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Flat rock scorpion

Hadogenes troglodytes
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Diphepheng Ho hlabaE ja: Dikokoanyana
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

The flat rock scorpion is a scorpion that lives on rocky hillsides in southern Africa. It is venomous, but its sting is very mild, and it is sold as an exotic pet. It is special because its flattened body lets it slip into tiny cracks in the rocks.1

E phela
Southern Africa: Limpopo province, northern Mpumalanga, Botswana, Zimbabwe and western Mozambique1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in slightly humid rocky places with plenty of cracks and crevices, mostly on rocky outcrops. It stays on one outcrop for its whole life and cannot cross sand for long, as it will die of exposure.1
Bolelele
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts at night, when it is cooler, and eats insects up to its own body size.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Flat rock scorpion
Flat rock scorpion. Foto: Robert Taylor. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Flattened body, which helps it move in narrow rock cracks1
  • Black carapace (shield on the front of the body), pedipalps and tail1
  • Pale to yellow legs and pincers (chelae)1
  • Small tail and stinger compared with other scorpions of similar size1
  • Very reclusive, so it is usually unseen unless its hiding place is disturbed1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It may be confused with Hadogenes bicolor.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?

Its venom is very mild. Laboratory LD50 figures between 1800 and 2667 mg/kg are high, which points to low toxicity. The sting causes pain that lasts only several minutes.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

Its sting is mild, and the pain lasts only several minutes.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It will usually try to flee before fighting, and it stings only as a last defence.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?

Flat rock scorpion 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 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 100 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Flat rock 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

It is highly territorial. When kept close together in captivity, individuals will fight to the death, and it shows cannibalism.1

2

Venom analysis has found 121 novel venom peptides, which may be medically valuable for ion channel-associated diseases and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.1

3

It was once regarded as the scorpion with the longest recorded body length, reaching up to 20 cm. Heterometrus swammerdami now holds the record at 23 cm.1

4

It can dig quickly, clearing soil and gravel from under a stone ledge to make a new den. It uses its tail to sweep the dirt away.1

5

Its flattened body lets it move into the small cracks and crevices of rocky outcrops.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Hadogenes troglodytes
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Hormuridae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Hadogenes troglodytes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hadogenes troglodytes (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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