Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

The Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander is a small, dark salamander that loves to live in cool, moist places. It has a smooth body and is often found near streams and under rocks in the forest.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander is a small, slender amphibian with a dark brown to black body. It often has a reddish, yellow, or orange stripe down its back, sometimes with chevron-like markings. A dark line runs from its eye to its jaw, and its belly is mottled gray.

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Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It can regrow its tail if a predator grabs it.

It can use its strong tail as a prop to climb steep rocks!

Mom salamanders guard their eggs for weeks until they hatch!

This salamander doesn't have any lungs to breathe!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander can breathe underwater and on land by absorbing oxygen through its moist skin and mouth lining.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander can drop its tail to distract predators, allowing it to escape unharmed.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander can catch fast insects by flicking out its long, sticky tongue with amazing speed.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander has varied skin patterns that help it blend perfectly into rocky and leafy forest floors.

Maße und Details

Länge: 7-12 cm
Gewicht: 0.002-0.01 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-10 Jahre
Top Speed: 0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße: 10-30
Metamorphose: 60-90 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

It munches on small insects and other tiny creatures found in the damp forest floor.

Hauptnahrung

Springtails
Mites
Small spiders
Insect larvae
Small worms
Snails

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

hunts for these tiny arachnids in the damp forest leaf litter.

eaten by

Common Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis

eaten by this common garter snake in its habitat.

eaten by

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

eaten by this larger, aquatic salamander species.

eaten by

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

eaten by this small, fast-moving mammal.

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