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Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps gavilanensis

The Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander is a tiny, wiggly creature that loves to hide under rocks and leaves. It has a long, slender body and is usually found in cool, moist places in the mountains.

Lebensraum: Mountain regions

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The Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander is a small, very slender salamander with tiny limbs and a narrow head. It typically has a dark brown to blackish body, sometimes featuring a faint reddish-brown dorsal stripe or scattered light flecks.

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Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
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Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

If disturbed, they sometimes coil up like a tiny snake to scare predators!

Its body is so slender, it can easily fit through a pencil-sized crack!

These salamanders hatch as tiny versions of adults, never living in water as larvae!

They spend most of their lives hidden underground or beneath rocks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Skin Breathing

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander can breathe directly through its moist skin, absorbing oxygen and staying hydrated underground.

Fähigkeit

Tail Detachment

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander can drop its tail when threatened, which wiggles to distract predators while it escapes.

Fähigkeit

Squeeze Power

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander has a super slender body that helps them squeeze into narrow cracks and hidden spaces for safety.

Fähigkeit

Direct Development

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander lays eggs on land, and tiny salamanders hatch directly, skipping a water-dwelling tadpole stage.

Maße und Details

Länge
7-12 cm
Gewicht
0.001-0.003 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
0.1 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-13

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are tiny hunters, eating small insects and other invertebrates found in the soil.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mites
  • Springtails
  • Small beetles
  • Insect larvae
  • Isopods

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Santa Cruz Garter Snake

Thamnophis atratus

A common predator in its habitat.

eaten by

Ornate Shrew

Sorex ornatus

Small mammals hunt them in their damp underground homes.

hunts

Springtail

Folsomia candida

These tiny insects are a key food source underground.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a salamander, watch it quietly and don't touch it. They are delicate and need to stay safe.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

7-12 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

0.001-0.003 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

0.1 km/h

Was frisst Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

They are tiny hunters, eating small insects and other invertebrates found in the soil.

Wo findet man Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander normalerweise?

Mountain regions

Wie jagt Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander?

3-13

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