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Oklahoma Salamander

Eurycea tynerensis

The Oklahoma Salamander is a small, colorful creature that loves to live in cool, wet places. It has a soft body and can be found hiding under rocks and leaves in its forest home.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Oklahoma Salamander is a slender amphibian, typically reddish-brown to yellowish with distinct dark spots often forming two faint stripes along its back. Its small, dark eyes provide a contrasting feature on its smooth skin.

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Oklahoma Salamander
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Oklahoma Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Instead of loud croaks, salamanders communicate with body language and subtle chemical signals!

Some can live over 10 years, tucked away in dark, cool spots deep underwater!

Their tiny, tooth-like structures help them grip wiggly insects and keep them from escaping!

This salamander is a natural water quality tester, thriving only in very clean streams!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Silent Sentinel

The Oklahoma Salamander has delicate skin that helps it breathe underwater and on land, absorbing oxygen directly from its surroundings.

Fähigkeit

Regrowth Power

Oklahoma Salamander can regrow lost tails or limbs because of special cells that help them repair injuries and escape predators.

Fähigkeit

Chemical Radar

Oklahoma Salamander has a keen sense of smell and chemical detection that helps them find tiny prey and avoid danger underwater.

Maße und Details

Länge
7-11 cm
Gewicht
0.003-0.008 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-8 Jahre
Top Speed
0.1 km/h
Gelegegröße
20-60
Metamorphose
100-300 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Oklahoma Salamanders are hunters that eat tiny insects and other small invertebrates they find in water.

Hauptnahrung

  • Springtails
  • Amphipods
  • Copepods
  • Insect larvae
  • Isopods

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Snakes sometimes find them hiding under rocks near streams.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Larger fish may prey on them in shared aquatic habitats.

eaten by

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

Larger salamanders can sometimes prey on smaller ones.

eats

Light Cahill Mayfly

Stenacron interpunctatum

Adults and larvae consume their aquatic larval stages.

eats

Freshwater Scuds

Gammarus pseudolimnaeus

These tiny crustaceans are a common food source.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch salamanders. They need their skin to stay moist!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Oklahoma Salamander?

7-11 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Oklahoma Salamander?

0.003-0.008 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Oklahoma Salamander?

3-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Oklahoma Salamander?

0.1 km/h

Was frisst Oklahoma Salamander?

Oklahoma Salamanders are hunters that eat tiny insects and other small invertebrates they find in water.

Wo findet man Oklahoma Salamander normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Oklahoma Salamander?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Oklahoma Salamander?

20-60

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