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Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.

Dikgatitswane tse di tsenyang botlhole

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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 tshela kwa

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

Aforika, Asia

Gae

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

Boleele

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

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

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

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

Setshwantsho sa Desert monitor — Desert monitor. Setshwantsho: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

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

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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 go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

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

Fa e loma

Tlhatswa ntho, dira gore motho a ritibale mme o batle thuso ya bongaka.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 4 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 11 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 26 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Desert monitor e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

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

Motho yo o tabogang ka bonako e ka nna 37 km/h (23 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

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

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: 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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Varanus griseus
Setlhopha: Dikgatitswane tse di tsenyang botlhole
Lelapa: Varanidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Aforika, 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
Dingwaga tsa botshelo: e ka nna dingwaga di le 81
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng: CITES Appendix I1
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

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