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Three-lined Salamander

Eurycea guttolineata

The Three-lined Salamander is a small, colorful creature with three bright lines running down its back. It loves to hide under rocks and logs in wet areas, making it a fun animal to discover!

Lebensraum: Forests and wetlands

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The Three-lined Salamander is a slender amphibian, typically yellow, tan, or light brown. It has three distinct dark lines running down its back and sides, making it easy to identify from similar species.

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Three-lined Salamander
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Three-lined Salamander

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Amazingly, these salamanders don't have lungs and breathe only through their skin!

Female salamanders can guard their precious eggs for weeks until they hatch!

Their subtle stripes help them disappear among wet leaves and twigs on the forest floor!

They have special grooves on their head that help them smell tiny prey underwater!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Tail Escape

The Three-lined Salamander can drop its tail if grabbed, distracting predators while it slips away, then regrows a new one!

Fähigkeit

Skin Breathing

The Three-lined Salamander can breathe through its moist skin, absorbing oxygen directly from both water and damp ground.

Fähigkeit

Stealthy Hunter

The Three-lined Salamander uses its keen sense of smell to ambush small insects and invertebrates in leaf litter.

Maße und Details

Länge
7.5-12.5 cm
Gewicht
0.005-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-7 Jahre
Top Speed
0.05 km/h
Gelegegröße
10-50
Metamorphose
90-365 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This little hunter loves to gobble up tiny insects and worms found in damp places.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat aquatic invertebrates; adults hunt terrestrial invertebrates on land.

Hauptnahrung

  • Springtails
  • Mites
  • Small worms
  • Tiny slugs
  • Insect larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

A common snake predator found in salamander habitats.

eaten by

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

An opportunistic hunter that may find salamanders by streams.

parasitizes

Chytrid Fungus

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

A serious fungal pathogen impacting amphibian populations globally.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you find a salamander, remember to look but not touch, so it stays safe!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Three-lined Salamander?

7.5-12.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Three-lined Salamander?

0.005-0.015 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Three-lined Salamander?

3-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Three-lined Salamander?

0.05 km/h

Was frisst Three-lined Salamander?

This little hunter loves to gobble up tiny insects and worms found in damp places.

Wo findet man Three-lined Salamander normalerweise?

Forests and wetlands

Wie jagt Three-lined Salamander?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Three-lined Salamander?

10-50

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