Northwestern Salamander

Ambystoma gracile

The Northwestern Salamander is a cool little creature that loves to live in damp places. With its smooth skin and long body, it can be found hiding under rocks and logs in the forest.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Northwestern Salamander has a stout body and a broad head, typically dark brown, black, or gray, sometimes with small yellow or tan flecks. Its skin is smooth and moist, and it features prominent parotoid glands behind its eyes.

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Northwestern Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby salamanders hatch with external gills, looking like tiny aquatic dragons!

Some can stay forever young, living their whole life with feathery gills!

Their eggs are laid in huge, jelly-like masses, sometimes as big as your hand!

They embark on long, mass migrations to specific ponds for breeding.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Northwestern Salamander has special glands behind its head that release a milky, toxic substance, helping deter predators.

Northwestern Salamander can regrow lost limbs, tails, and even parts of their brain or eyes, helping them recover from injury.

Northwestern Salamander can absorb oxygen directly through its moist skin because of tiny blood vessels, helping them breathe underwater.

Maße und Details

Länge: 7.5-18 cm
Gewicht: 0.01-0.03 kg
Lebenserwartung: 6-15 Jahre
Top Speed: 0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße: 80-270
Metamorphose: 90-400 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters eat many small creatures, using their sticky tongue to catch prey.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat aquatic invertebrates; adults eat terrestrial invertebrates.

Hauptnahrung

insects
earthworms
slugs
spiders
small crustaceans

Nahrungssuche

Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Preys on adult salamanders and their larvae.

eats

Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A primary food source for adult salamanders.

eaten by

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Hunts salamanders near water sources.

eaten by

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Consumes salamander larvae in aquatic habitats.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Insektenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Nahrung hauptsächlich aus Insekten und anderen kleinen Wirbellosen besteht.

Langlebig

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen mit einer außergewöhnlich langen Lebensspanne im Vergleich zu anderen ihrer Art.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.