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Iberian ribbed newt

Pleurodeles waltl

名字的由来： Its English names, such as sharp-ribbed newt, come from the sharp ribs it pushes out through its sides when it is defending itself.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

毒蛙、蟾蜍和蝾螈

有毒的刺吃：肉碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The Iberian ribbed newt is a salamander that lives in ponds and wells in Spain, Portugal and northern Morocco. It is the largest European newt species. When threatened, it can push its sharp ribs out through its skin, which gives it a way to defend itself against predators.1

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Central and southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and northern Morocco1

欧洲, 非洲

首页

It lives mostly in water, in ponds, cisterns and old village wells. It prefers cool, quiet, deep water. In warmer seasons, when some water sources dry up, it moves to damp places under rocks or among plants.1

长度

30 cm (1 ft)1

最高速度

约 0.5 公里/小时（0.31 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds on insects, aquatic molluscs, worms and tadpoles.1

Iberian ribbed newt的照片 — Iberian ribbed newt。照片：franciscodocampo。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Dark grey on its back and lighter grey on its belly, with small rust-coloured spots1
Usually 8 to 10 orange, wart-like bumps (tubercles) running down each side of the body1
Flat, spade-shaped head and a long tail, about half of its body length1
Males are more slender and usually smaller than females1
Larvae have bushy external gills and paler colours than adults1

常被误认为： It is sometimes confused with the Iberian newt (Lissotriton boscai), a different species with a similar common name.1

毒液之力

有毒的刺

锋利的刺带着毒液。踩到或抓住它会很疼。

它的毒液会造成什么？

When threatened, the newt releases a milky, thick poison from glands on its neck, back, sides and tail as its ribs push out. The poison coats the ribs, which can pierce the skin of a predator's mouth and inject toxins.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The rib defence is completely harmless to humans. The ribs cause only little harm to the newt itself, and its skin quickly heals without infection.1

它害怕时会做什么？

It tries to run away from predators first. If it cannot escape, it pushes its sharp ribs through its sides and releases poison.1

如果它的刺扎到你

如果有人碰了它：好好洗手，不要碰眼睛或嘴巴。如果孩子或宠物舔了或吃了它：打电话给中毒急救中心或急救电话。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果它的刺扎到你：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 9 块玩具积木排成一排一样长

Iberian ribbed newt和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Iberian ribbed newt 约 0.5 公里/小时 (0.31 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its ribs can push through its skin to act as a defence, a primitive and rudimentary form of envenomation.1

It is a model animal for regeneration research. It can regrow lost limbs, injured heart tissue, brain cells, eye lenses and parts of its spinal cord.1

This newt has been sent into space on at least six missions, starting in 1985.1

In genetic males and females, temperature can override sex chromosomes. Some ZW larvae reared at 32 °C (90 °F) become functional males.1

Its immune system, rib-coated collagen and antimicrobial peptides let the pierced skin heal quickly without infection.1

Females can keep live sperm in their cloaca for up to five months.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The newt's ribs and poison are dangerous to people.

真相： The ribs and poison are a defence against predators. The rib defence is completely harmless to humans.1

给毒液专家

学名: Pleurodeles waltl
类别: 毒蛙、蟾蜍和蝾螈
家人: Salamandridae2
排序: Caudata
大洲: 欧洲, 非洲
宝宝: The young are born in water as larvae, breathing through gills. They lose their gills as their limbs grow and can then live on land as well as in water.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern (IUCN, assessed October 2020)1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3