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Coastal Giant Salamander

Dicamptodon tenebrosus

The Coastal Giant Salamander is a big, friendly amphibian that loves to live in cool, moist places. With its smooth skin and bright colors, it's a special creature that helps keep nature healthy.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Coastal Giant Salamander is a large, robust amphibian with a broad head and dark eyes. It has a striking marbled pattern of dark brown or black on a lighter background of tan, olive, or grey, making it unique among its kind.

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Coastal Giant Salamander
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Coastal Giant Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Their family of salamanders is considered one of the most ancient on Earth!

These giants are fierce predators, even eating other smaller salamanders!

They are the biggest terrestrial salamander in North America!

They can sometimes survive injuries by regrowing lost body parts!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Defensive Vocalizations

Coastal Giant Salamander can bark or growl because of special throat muscles, helping them surprise and deter potential predators.

Fähigkeit

Forever Young (Neoteny)

Coastal Giant Salamander can stay a larva forever because of their unique biology, helping them live their whole lives underwater.

Maße und Details

Länge
17-34 cm
Gewicht
0.15-0.35 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-25 Jahre
Top Speed
0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße
90-200
Metamorphose
730-1825 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

A hungry hunter, it eats many forest creatures, from aquatic insects to small fish and even other salamanders!

Altersunterschiede: Young eat aquatic insects; adults add larger prey like fish, mice, and other salamanders.

Hauptnahrung

  • aquatic insects
  • slugs
  • small fish
  • other salamanders
  • mice

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

hunts small trout in streams when opportunity arises.

hunts

Vagrant Shrew

Sorex vagrans

ambushes small mammals in damp forest habitats.

eats

Rough-skinned Newt

Taricha granulosa

can prey on smaller newts in their shared habitats.

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

can be prey for various garter snake species near water.

eaten by

Spotted Owl

Strix occidentalis

occasionally hunted by owls and other predatory birds.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch where you step in nature, and don't touch wild animals without asking an adult.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Coastal Giant Salamander?

17-34 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Coastal Giant Salamander?

0.15-0.35 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Coastal Giant Salamander?

10-25 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Coastal Giant Salamander?

0.5 km/h

Was frisst Coastal Giant Salamander?

A hungry hunter, it eats many forest creatures, from aquatic insects to small fish and even other salamanders!

Wo findet man Coastal Giant Salamander normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Coastal Giant Salamander?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Coastal Giant Salamander?

90-200

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