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Indian red scorpion

Hottentotta tamulus
Ci turam: The species name tamulus is thought to come from the Tamil people of southeastern India, where the scorpion occurs.1
Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a rey ci àddina. Su la jamee, woo ndimbal ci saa si.Ndimbal bu gaaw ak sérum antivenimeux dañuy musal lu ëpp ci nit ñi. Woo sa nimerob urgence ci saa si.
Jiit yi Dafay jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

The Indian red scorpion is a small, venomous scorpion found across most of India, eastern Pakistan, the eastern lowlands of Nepal and, more recently, Sri Lanka. It often lives close to people, so its sting is a serious concern in busy rural areas, especially for children.1

Dafay dund ci
Most of India, eastern Pakistan, the eastern lowlands of Nepal, and recently recorded in Sri Lanka1
Asi
Kër
It lives in vegetated lowlands with a humid subtropical to tropical climate, and often lives close to or inside human homes, especially in rural areas. It is found in scrubland, cropland, mango orchards, Eucalyptus plantations and under tree bark. People mostly meet it at night or in the early morning, when it crawls into beds or falls from ceilings.1
Guddaay
5 cm ba 9 cm (2 in ba 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 is nocturnal and hunts small invertebrates, and sometimes small vertebrates such as lizards.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Indian red scorpion
Indian red scorpion. Foto: Shantanu Kuveskar. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Its walking legs and the tips of its pincers are bright orange-yellow to light reddish-brown.1
  • Its body is about 5 to 9 cm long (50 to 90 mm).1
  • It has three distinct ridges (carinae) on the top of its body segments.1
  • It has rather small pincers, a moderately thick tail and a rounded tail tip with a large stinger.1
  • In males, the base of the pincers is slightly more swollen than in females.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Under tree bark, its close relative Hottentotta pachyurus is far more common, making up about 91% of scorpions found there in one study in Pune, western India. Scorpions found under bark in that area are therefore more likely to be that species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom is a complex mixture of proteins, including a toxin called tamapin. It mainly affects the heart and lungs, causing symptoms such as severe local pain, vomiting, sweating, unconsciousness, muscle convulsions, breathlessness, abnormal heart rhythms, shock and pulmonary oedema (fluid in the lungs), which may cause death.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

It is of great medical significance in densely populated areas of India and Nepal and occasionally causes human deaths. Clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%, and most victims are children. In Sri Lanka, 12 children in Jaffna died from its stings in 2011, and 80 patients were recorded in 2012.1

Xibaar bu baax: doktoor yi am nañu garab (sérum antivenimeux) walla ab paj ngir lii.1

Su jamee

  • Antivenin is the specific treatment, combined with supportive care such as vasodilators for heart effects and benzodiazepines for muscle effects. Scorpion antivenom has shown little effect in clinical treatment, while the drug prazosin, which lowers raised blood pressure, is usually recommended and reduces the mortality rate to less than 4%. Get to a hospital fast.1
  • 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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Indian red 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)

Indian red 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

Most of its victims are children, and clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%.1

2

It often comes indoors, where it may crawl into beds or fall from ceilings at night.1

3

Its venom affects the heart and lungs more than the nerves, which is why its symptoms can become life-threatening.1

4

Prazosin, a drug used to lower blood pressure, reduces its mortality rate to less than 4%.1

5

It was not originally found in Sri Lanka, but studies from 2010 to 2013 showed it is now present there.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Five different subspecies of the Indian red scorpion exist.

Dëgg: R.I. Pocock described five groups in 1900, but these are colour variants (colour morphs), not true subspecies.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hottentotta tamulus
Mbooloo
Jiit yi
Njaboot
Buthidae2
Toftal
Scorpiones
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Musiba ci nit
5 / 5: Mën a rey3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Hottentotta tamulus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hottentotta tamulus (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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