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California Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma californiense

The California Tiger Salamander is a special amphibian with a black body and bright yellow or white spots. They live underground most of the year and come out during the rainy season to breed in ponds.

Lebensraum: Grasslands and wetlands

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The California Tiger Salamander has a stout body with striking black or dark brown skin patterned with irregular yellow or cream-colored spots and bars. It has a broad head and prominent eyes, making it distinct from plain-bodied salamanders.

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California Tiger Salamander
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California Tiger Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Adults emerge only during rainy nights to find mates.

Some journey for miles to return to their birth pond!

Their babies have feathery gills and breathe underwater!

They can live most of their lives hidden deep underground!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Burrow Master

California Tiger Salamander can spend most of its life underground because of its strong body that helps them dig or use existing burrows.

Fähigkeit

Gilled Guppies

California Tiger Salamander larvae have feathery gills that help them breathe underwater, like tiny fish, until they grow lungs.

Fähigkeit

Chemical Defense

California Tiger Salamander has special skin secretions that make them taste bad, helping them avoid becoming a predator's meal.

Maße und Details

Länge
17.5-20.5 cm
Gewicht
0.05-0.1 kg
Lebenserwartung
8-15 Jahre
Top Speed
0.8 km/h
Gelegegröße
100-1300
Metamorphose
90-120 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These salamanders are active hunters, feasting on small creepy-crawlies they can find.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat aquatic invertebrates like zooplankton and insect larvae; adults eat terrestrial invertebrates and small vertebrates.

Hauptnahrung

  • Earthworms
  • Insects
  • Slugs
  • Snails
  • Mice

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Preys on adult salamanders.

eats

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

Feeds on salamander larvae.

eats

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Digs up and eats adults.

eaten by

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A favorite adult salamander meal.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a salamander, watch it from a distance and don't touch it. They are very delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von California Tiger Salamander?

17.5-20.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von California Tiger Salamander?

0.05-0.1 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von California Tiger Salamander?

8-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von California Tiger Salamander?

0.8 km/h

Was frisst California Tiger Salamander?

These salamanders are active hunters, feasting on small creepy-crawlies they can find.

Wo findet man California Tiger Salamander normalerweise?

Grasslands and wetlands

Wie jagt California Tiger Salamander?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von California Tiger Salamander?

100-1300

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