Definition of fire salamander Fire salamander
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What does fire salamander mean?
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| fire salamander - European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots | ||
| spotted salamander, Salamandra maculosa | ||
| salamander any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed | ||
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- fire salamander (Noun)
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots. It is related to the tiger salamander .
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fire salamander
Amphibian species of the family true salamanders (Salamandridae). It is black with yellow spots or stripes.
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The Fire Salamander ("Salamandra salamandra") is probably the most well-known salamander species in Europe. It is black and has different kinds of yellow spots or stripes. Individual salamanders can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear. They either mix with the yellow, or replace it completely. This depends on the subspecies. Fire Salamanders can have a very long life. In the German natural history museum of Alexander Koenig a salamander lived more than 50 years.
Where they live and what they eat.
Fire Salamanders live in forests in the hilly parts of southern and central Europe. They prefer deciduous forests. They like to hide in the fallen leaves or mossy tree trunks. They need clean small brooks (small rivers) in their habitat. This is for the development of the larvae. Both on land and in the water, Fire salamanders are hard to notice.
They spend much of the time hidden beneath stones, wood or other objects.
Fire Salamanders are active in the evening and the night, but on rainy days they may be active in daytime as well. Their diet consists of various insects, spiders, earthworms and slugs. Sometimes, they will eat small vertebrates, for example, newts and young frogs. Small prey will be caught within the range of the vomerine teeth or by the posterior half of the tongue, which sticks to the prey.
How they reproduce.
Males and females look pretty similar except during the breeding season, when the
