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Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion

Hottentotta jayakari
Ci turam: The species name honours Dr Atmaram Sadashiv Jayakar, an Indian military surgeon stationed in Oman who became interested in the region's wildlife.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye jam laaj na doktoor.
Jiit yi Dafay jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The black-tailed alligatorback scorpion is a scorpion with a black body and bright yellow legs. It lives across much of the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran. It is a venomous scorpion, and its sting is assumed to be medically significant.1

Dafay dund ci
Much of the Arabian Peninsula and Iran1
Asi
Guddaay
9 cm (3,5 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It feeds on smaller animals. It subdues its prey with a strong sting, as is typical of scorpions in the family Buthidae.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion
Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion. Foto: Philipp Weigell. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • The sting, pedipalps and front body section (cephalothorax) are black.1
  • The femur and sting segments fade from black to dark yellow.1
  • The legs are bright yellow, which contrasts strongly with the black body.1
  • The body glows (fluoresces) under ultraviolet light, as with all scorpions.1
  • The body reaches 5 cm long, or up to 9 cm including the sting.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom has not been properly measured. It is assumed to be medically significant, meaning it can cause real harm to people.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

This scorpion is shy and unlikely to sting, preferring to flee. Its venom is assumed to be medically significant, but it has not been properly measured.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It is reported as shy and prefers to flee rather than sting.1

Su jamee

  • Sedalal fa mu jam ak mbuusu galaas, te def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu. Wutal ndimbal doktoor ci gaaw, rawatina ngir xale yi: am na ay jiit yuy rey xale.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion guddaayam lu tollu ci 9 cm (3,5 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 220 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Black-tailed alligator-back scorpion ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Its body glows under ultraviolet light, a feature shared by all scorpions.1

2

Its bright yellow legs contrast strongly with its black body, which makes it easy to recognise.1

3

It belongs to the family Buthidae, the family that contains many of the world's scorpions with medically significant venom.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hottentotta jayakari
Mbooloo
Jiit yi
Njaboot
Buthidae2
Toftal
Scorpiones
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Hottentotta jayakari (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hottentotta jayakari (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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