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Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion

Parabuthus transvaalicus
E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go tlhaba, batla thuso ka bonako.
Diphepheng Go tlhaba
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

The Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion is a dark brown or black scorpion with a thick tail. It lives in dry, semi-arid parts of southern Africa. It matters because it is a medically significant scorpion that can sting and can also spray venom.1

E tshela kwa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, parts of the Namib Desert and South Africa1
Aforika
Gae
It lives in deserts, scrublands and semi-arid regions. During the day it rests in a shallow burrow under rocks.1
Boleele
9 cm go ya go 11 cm (3,5 in go ya go 4,3 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 2,3 km/h (1,4 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion
Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion. Setshwantsho: RichardMcJimsey. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Dark brown or black in colour1
  • Grows to 90–110 mm long1
  • Thin pincers and a thickened tail1
  • The sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail1
  • Mostly active at night1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It resembles P. villosus, its close relative. P. villosus is hairier, is less strictly nocturnal and lives further west.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom contains kurtoxin, and a related toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from it. Parabutoxin is a potassium channel inhibitor, which means it blocks channels that the body uses to control nerve and muscle signals. The first droplet of venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

It is described as a dangerous, medically significant scorpion. It can both sting and spray its venom.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

It can sting and spray its venom when threatened.1

Fa e tlhaba

  • Tsidifatsa fa go tlhabilweng ka pakana ya aese mme o dire gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege. Batla thuso ya bongaka ka bonako, bogolo jang go bana: diphepheng dingwe di bolaya bana.

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 tlhaba: 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?

Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion e ka nna 11 cm ka boleele (4,3 in)Kelipi ya pampiri e ka nna 3 cm (1,2 in)Founu e e botlhale e ka nna 15 cm (5,9 in)
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 3 mo molenge ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 160 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion 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

It can spray its venom as well as sting.1

2

The first droplet of its venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1

3

A toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from its venom.1

4

Its tail is thickened, and the sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail.1

5

It is nocturnal and rests in a shallow burrow under rocks during the day.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Parabuthus transvaalicus
Setlhopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Buthidae2
Lekoko
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Aforika
Kotsi go batho
4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Parabuthus transvaalicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Parabuthus transvaalicus (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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