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Perentie

Varanus giganteus
Ka ga leina: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1
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 perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

E tshela kwa
Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1
Australia le Oceania
Gae
Perenties live in rocky outcrops and gorges with hard-packed soil and loose stones. They are shy and usually avoid people, so they are rarely seen, especially as much of their range is remote.1
Boleele
2,5 m (8,2 ft)1
Bokima
20 kg (44 lb)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 18 km/h (11 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
Perenties are active hunters that mostly eat reptiles, small mammals and sometimes birds. They also scavenge carrion, and adults can kill kangaroos, using their powerful forelimbs and claws to tear off pieces too large to swallow whole.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Perentie
Perentie. Setshwantsho: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
  • Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
  • Limbs are dark with white spots.1
  • Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.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.

The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.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?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Perentie e ka nna 2,5 m ka boleele (8,2 ft)Baesekele ya motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka nna 4,5 m (15 ft)

E kima go le kae?

bokima jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 5
boleele jo bo lekanang le dintša di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 14 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 20 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Perentie 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1

2

They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1

3

Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1

4

Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1

5

The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1

6

The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.

Nnete: Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Varanus giganteus
Setlhopha
Dikgatitswane tse di tsenyang botlhole
Lelapa
Varanidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
Least Concern1
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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