Anderson's crocodile newt
Anderson's crocodile newt is a stout, dark salamander that lives in forests and wet places on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is special because it can push its own ribs through its skin and glands to release a toxin at a threat.1

Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
The newt's glands produce tetrodotoxin, a toxin that is released when the ribs puncture the skin and glands.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.Hufanya nini akiogopa?
When threatened, it uses its ribs to puncture its skin and glands, releasing its toxin at the attacker.1
Miiba yake ikikuchoma
- Mtu akimgusa: nawa mikono vizuri na usiguse macho wala mdomo. Mtoto au mnyama kipenzi akimramba au kumla: piga kituo cha taarifa za sumu au namba ya dharura.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Miiba yake ikikuchoma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariAnderson's crocodile newt ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
It is one of few animals that can use its ribs to pierce its own skin and glands to deliver a defensive toxin.1
Its ribs have an unusual structure, lacking muscle attachments at their ends.1
Some of its glands can look lighter in colour than the skin around them, which may mean a higher concentration of toxin there.1
Paved roads with roadside gutters are reportedly leading to many of these newts ending up as roadkill.1
It is threatened by habitat loss and by collection for the illegal pet trade.1
It breeds from February to July, with activity peaking from March to May.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Echinotriton andersoni
- Kundi
- Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji
- Familia
- Salamandridae2
- Mpangilio
- Caudata
- Mabara
- Asia
- Watoto
- The female lays a small clutch of eggs in leaf litter, humus soil, or under small objects such as leaves or rocks, usually no more than a metre or two from still water. The eggs hatch after 22 to 27 days, and the young leave the water as land-living adults after another 2 to 3 months.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 1 / 5: Hafifu3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Anderson's crocodile newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Echinotriton andersoni (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
Miiba yenye sumu
Jinsi ya kumtambua