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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans

名字的由来： The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜈蚣

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The Tanzanian blue ringleg is a centipede with a bright red head, though its colour varies from place to place. It lives in warm places across many parts of the world, including much of Australia, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It is a fast-hunting nocturnal predator, and its bite can be painful.1

生活在

Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1

非洲, 亚洲, 澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It prefers warm environments and needs enough air humidity to survive. It shelters under leaves, bark, logs and other ground debris, and is often found in inhabited areas. Its preference for conditions similar to those on ships has been suggested as a reason for its spread.1

长度

13 cm (5 in)1

最高速度

约 1.5 公里/小时（0.93 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It is an aggressive and opportunistic predator that hunts mainly at night. It eats other arthropods and some small vertebrates, using its strong jaws and venom to capture, incapacitate and digest its prey.1

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede的照片 — Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede。照片：Jackson Nugent。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Adults are generally characterised by a bright red head and a brownish body.1
Adults have distinct striations, or lines, between each body segment.1
Juveniles lack clear stripes and often have a head that is a similar colour to their body.1
Adults grow to around 13 cm, though colour varies widely between populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1
In the field, the species can sometimes be told apart from other Scolopendras by its relatively thick rear legs, called ultimate legs.1

常被误认为： It is often confused with the giant red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros), the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspines) and the Tanzanian blue ring centipede (Ethmostigmus trignopdus), which have similar-sounding common names. Thick rear legs can help separate it from other Scolopendras.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and it rapidly paralyses and kills prey. The venom contains serotonin, which causes a pain response, along with proteins and enzymes. In humans, bites can cause redness, swelling and, in some cases, severe pain.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Bites in humans cause redness, swelling and sometimes severe pain. Robust case studies of this species are limited, so its effects on people are not well documented.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When approached from behind, it raises its ultimate legs aggressively, which may confuse predators by disguising its vulnerable flanks as its fang-bearing head.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，冷敷或泡温水止痛，如果变严重就去看医生。

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。
如果被它咬了：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 4 块玩具积木排成一排一样长240 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede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)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede 约 1.5 公里/小时 (0.93 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Centipedes are the only known animals whose venom partly comes from genes transferred horizontally from several other groups of organisms.1

Enzymes in its venom let it digest prey outside its body, sucking out the broken-down contents through the prey's exoskeleton.1

The venom of this species contained the first active enzymes ever found in any centipede venom, discovered at Ain Shams University in 1983.1

It is kept as a pet and traded internationally, with prices averaging around US$35 online.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The species can be identified by its colour alone.

真相： Colour varies widely across regional populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1

给毒液专家

学名: Scolopendra morsitans
类别: 蜈蚣
家人: Scolopendridae2
排序: Scolopendromorpha
大洲: 非洲, 亚洲, 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: The female builds a brood chamber under the ground and lays 22 to 86 eggs, coiling around them and her young to guard them.1
寿命: 约 4 年1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3