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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Ka lebitso: "Gila" comes from the Gila River Basin in Arizona and New Mexico, where the lizard was once common. "Heloderma" is Greek for "studded skin".1
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The Gila monster is a heavy, slow-moving lizard with a venomous bite. It lives in the south-western United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States, but it rarely poses a real threat to people.1

E phela
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland, and shelters in burrows, thickets and under rocks. It spends about 90% of its life underground. It can be seen in puddles after a summer rain.1
Bolelele
26 cm ho isa ho 56 cm (10,2 in ho isa ho 1,8 ft)1
Boima
550 g ho isa ho 800 g (1,2 lb ho isa ho 1,8 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Naheng: motho ya tsamayang butle
E ja eng?
It eats small mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, eggs and carrion. It finds prey by smell, using its forked, black-blue tongue, and it hunts by day or night.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Gila monster
Gila monster. Foto: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Adults are yellow to pink on a black background.1
  • Hatchlings have a simple, uniform pattern that is less colourful, and it changes over their first 6 months.1
  • It has a heavy body, a stout snout and a massive head.1
  • Adults can reach 56 cm in total length.1
  • Males often have larger, more triangular heads than females.1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Its closest relatives are beaded lizards, which live in Mexico and Guatemala. In the United States, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard.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?

The venom is made in glands in the lower jaw and flows along grooves in the lower teeth into the bite. It contains more than a dozen peptides and other substances, which cause pain and swelling. Four potentially lethal toxins have been found, which can cause bleeding inside the organs.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adults. One death has been confirmed since 1930, on 16 February 2024. Earlier deaths involved adults who were drunk or whose bite was treated badly. Bites are painful and can cause shock, but the lizard is sluggish and rarely a real threat.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

Its bright colours may warn predators to keep away, because it can inflict pain.1

Haeba e loma

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • 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?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Gila monster bolelele ba e ka bang 56 cm (1,8 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dibanana tse 7
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 18 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 150 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Gila monster 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

Exendin-4, one of the venom's peptides, led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.1

2

Young Gila monsters can swallow up to half of their body weight in a single meal.1

3

It can store fat in its tail and survive a whole season on three to four large meals in spring.1

4

Its venom is thought to have evolved mainly for defence, because its prey is mostly eggs, small animals and other helpless prey.1

5

It can climb trees, cacti and fairly straight, rough-surfaced walls.1

6

Its teeth are replaced throughout its life, and broken teeth are replaced by the teeth behind them.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

Nnete: The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adult humans. One death has been confirmed since 1930.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Heloderma suspectum
Sehlopha
Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo
Lelapa
Helodermatidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (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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