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Mexican beaded lizard

Heloderma horridum
Nomi haqida: The genus name Heloderma means "studded skin" in Ancient Greek, and the species name horridum is Latin for "rough" or "rude".1
Shifokor kerakKamdan-kam halokatli, lekin chaqqanda shifokor kerak.
Zaharli kaltakesaklar ChaqadiOvqati: Goʻsht
Odamlar uchun xavf: JiddiyChaqqanda shifokor kerak. Oʻlim holatlari juda kam.

The Mexican beaded lizard is a venomous lizard found mainly in Mexico and southern Guatemala. It is one of only a few lizards known to have evolved a true venom delivery system. Its venom is also being studied for possible medicines.1

Yashash joyi
Mexico, from Sonora to Oaxaca, and parts of southern Guatemala (the Pacific and Atlantic drainages).1
Shimoliy Amerika
Bosh sahifa
It lives mainly in deserts, tropical deciduous forests and thorn scrub, and also in pine-oak forests, from sea level up to 1,500 m. In the wild it is active only from April to mid-November, spending about an hour a day above ground.1
Uzunlik
57 cm dan 91 cm gacha (1,9 ft dan 3 ft gacha)1
Vazn
4 kg (8,8 lb)1
Eng yuqori tezlik
taxminan 2,5 km/soat (1,6 mil/soat)
Quruqlikda, taxminiy
Nima yeydi?
It is a specialised nest predator that feeds mainly on bird and reptile eggs. It climbs deciduous trees to search for prey and sometimes eats small birds, mammals, frogs, lizards and insects.1
Rostdan!Mexican beaded lizard surati
Mexican beaded lizard. Surat: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uni qanday tanish mumkin

  • Black with yellowish spots or bands.1
  • Small, beadlike scales that do not overlap, which give it its name.1
  • Stocky body with a broad head.1
  • Short tail that stores fat, and does not regrow if broken.1
  • Adults are 57 to 91 cm long.1

Koʻpincha adashtiriladi: The Gila monster is its closest relative and looks similar. The Mexican beaded lizard is larger, and its colours are duller, black with yellowish bands.1

Zahar quvvati

Chaqadi

Chaqqanda zahar zaharli tishlari yoki tishlari orqali chiqadi.

Uning zahari (chaqsa yoki nish ursa) nima qiladi?

Its venom is a weak hemotoxin, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It can cause respiratory failure, which is when breathing fails. In humans, bites cause severe pain that can spread well beyond the bite and last up to 24 hours, along with swelling, weakness, sweating and a rapid drop in blood pressure.1

Odamlar uchun qanchalik xavfli?

Odamlar uchun xavf: JiddiyChaqqanda shifokor kerak. Oʻlim holatlari juda kam.

Human deaths from its bites are rare. Eight human bites were documented in the past century, and almost all happened when people prodded captive lizards with a finger or bare foot.1

Agar chaqsa

  • Yarani yuv, odamni xotirjam tut va tibbiy yordam ol.

Har doim avval favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911). Bu birinchi yordam boʻyicha umumiy maslahat, tibbiy maslahat emas. Birinchi yordam asoslari

Xavfsiz boʻl

  • Hech qachon yovvoyi hayvonga tegma, uni tutma yoki jigʻiga tegma, hatto kichkina boʻlsa ham va hatto uxlayotgan yoki oʻlik koʻrinsa ham.
  • Unga joy ber. Agar duch kelsang, xotirjam boʻl, sekin orqaga chekin va uni oʻz yoʻliga ketishiga qoʻy.
  • Agar biri seni chaqsa: xotirjam boʻl, qimirlamay tur, favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911) yoki tezda kasalxonaga yet. U qanday koʻrinishda ekanini eslab qol, surat yordam beradi.

U seni ovlamoqchi emas. Zaharini ovqat tutish yoki oʻzini himoya qilish uchun ishlatadi va yashirinishni ancha afzal koʻradi. Xavfsiz qolish haqida batafsil

U qanchalik katta?

U qanchalik uzun?

Mexican beaded lizard taxminan 91 cm uzunlikda (3 ft)Uy mushugi taxminan 50 cm (1,6 ft)It taxminan 1 m (3,3 ft)

U qanchalik ogʻir?

1 ta uy mushugidek ogʻir
burnidan dumigacha tizilgan 2 ta uy mushugidek uzunketma-ket qoʻyilgan 5 ta banandek uzuntaxminan uy mushugiday ogʻir100 metrni 140 soniyada bosib oʻtishi mumkin (eng tez odamga 9,6 soniya kerak)

Mexican beaded lizard SEN bilan solishtirganda qanchalik katta?

Faqat brauzeringdagi hisob-kitob. Hech narsa saqlanmaydi va hech qayerga yuborilmaydi.

U qanchalik tez?

bilish foydali

Faktlar

1

It is one of only two venomous beaded lizard species, and the only lizards known to have evolved an overt venom delivery system, along with the rest of its genus.1

2

Some compounds in its venom are being studied for possible treatments of diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and HIV. One of them, exendin-3, is the basis of the drug exenatide.1

3

The beaded lizard is immune to the effects of its own venom.1

4

It is larger than the Gila monster, with an average adult weight of 800 g, and large specimens exceed 2,000 g.1

5

Beaded lizards have forked pink tongues that they use to smell, with the help of a Jacobson's organ.1

6

Young beaded lizards are rarely seen, as they are believed to spend much of their early lives underground.1

Afsonalarni fosh qiluvchi

Afsona: The beaded lizard is more venomous than a rattlesnake, can cause lightning strikes with its tail, or can make a pregnant woman miscarry by looking at her.

Haqiqat: These beliefs are incorrect. Its venom is weak, and human deaths are rare.1

Zahar mutaxassislari uchun

Ilmiy nomi
Heloderma horridum
Guruh
Zaharli kaltakesaklar
Oila
Helodermatidae2
Tartib
Squamata
Qitʼalar
Shimoliy Amerika
Chaqaloqlar
It lays clutches of 2 to 30 eggs in late summer or early fall, and the eggs hatch the following spring or summer.1
Tabiatda ahvoli qanday
Threatened (Mexican law, category A). Listed on Appendix II of CITES.1
Odamlar uchun xavf
3 / 5: Jiddiy3

Faktlar qayerdan olingan

  1. Mexican beaded lizard (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma horridum (iNaturalist): nomlar va tasnif.
  3. Venom Wiki: xavf darajasi, odatiy oʻlcham va taxminiy tezlik bizning oʻz baholarimiz. Ularni qanday hisoblashimizni koʻr: Xavfni qanday baholaymiz.

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