Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

The Southern Two-lined Salamander is a small, slimy creature that loves to hide under rocks and logs. It has beautiful yellow stripes running down its back, making it look very special in its forest home.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Southern Two-lined Salamander is a slender amphibian, typically yellow-brown to orange with two prominent dark stripes running from its eyes down its sides to its tail. Its back is often dotted with tiny black spots, making it distinct from solid-colored stream salamanders.

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Southern Two-lined Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby salamanders hatch with feathery gills and live underwater for many months!

Some male salamanders have special whisker-like 'cirri' under their nostrils!

They can grow back lost limbs, tails, and even parts of their eyes!

They lay their tiny eggs under rocks or logs in streams, carefully guarding them!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Southern Two-lined Salamander can absorb oxygen directly through its moist skin because it lacks lungs, which helps them breathe underwater and on land.

Southern Two-lined Salamander can shed its tail when grabbed by a predator because the wriggling tail distracts the attacker, allowing the salamander to escape.

Southern Two-lined Salamander has coloration that blends perfectly with wet leaves and rocks, which helps them hide from both predators and prey.

Southern Two-lined Salamander spends its early life as gilled larvae in streams, which allows them to develop in a safe, aquatic environment.

Maße und Details

Länge: 6-12 cm
Gewicht: 0.003-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung: 3-7 Jahre
Top Speed: 1.5 km/h
Gelegegröße: 10-50
Metamorphose: 180-300 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This salamander eats tiny insects and other small invertebrates it finds in damp places.

Altersunterschiede: Young larvae eat small aquatic invertebrates like copepods and insect larvae, while adults eat terrestrial prey.

Hauptnahrung

Small insects
Mites
Springtails
Worms
Larvae

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Snakes hunt them near water.

eaten by

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Raccoons search stream beds for them.

eats

Springtail

Isotoma viridis

They hunt tiny springtails among damp leaves.

eats

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

They snatch up ants from the forest floor.

Merkmale

Gestreift

Gekennzeichnet durch parallele Farbstreifen oder -linien.

Einzelgänger

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

Getarnt

Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.

Insektenfressend

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

Wald

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