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Northern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata

The Northern Two-lined Salamander is a small, yellowish salamander with two dark stripes. They love to live in cool, damp places and are great at hiding under rocks and logs!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Northern Two-lined Salamander has a slender body with a yellow to orange-yellow back. It is distinctive for two prominent black lines running from behind its eyes down its sides, extending onto the tail. Its underside is typically a pale yellow.

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Northern Two-lined Salamander
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Northern Two-lined Salamander

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Sometimes they build underground tunnels near streams to stay cool and hidden!

Their name "bislineata" means "two-lined" in Latin, describing their stripes!

These salamanders can live under rocks and logs for many months during winter!

They spend their entire larval life living underwater as tiny gilled creatures!

Habilidades especiales

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Underwater Breathing

Northern Two-lined Salamander can breathe underwater and on land through its moist skin and mouth lining because it has no lungs!

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Tail Escape

Northern Two-lined Salamander can drop its tail when grabbed by a predator, distracting the attacker and allowing the salamander to escape.

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Nocturnal Hunter

Northern Two-lined Salamander hunts at night, using its keen senses to find tiny insects and worms when predators are less active.

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Secret Blending

Northern Two-lined Salamander has speckled brown and yellow skin that helps it blend perfectly with rocks and leaves in its streambed home.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
7-12 cm
Peso
0.001-0.003 kg
Esperanza de vida
5-10 años
Tamaño de la puesta
10-90
Metamorfosis
365-1095 días

Dieta y alimentación

This tiny amphibian loves to snack on small insects, spiders, and other tiny invertebrates found near water!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat tiny aquatic invertebrates, while adults consume a wider variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects.

Alimentos principales

  • mayfly larvae
  • beetles
  • mites
  • spiders
  • small worms

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Large fish often prey on both adult and larval salamanders.

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Snakes hunt them near water, especially during warmer months.

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Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adults and larvae consume the tiny larval stages of midges in streams.

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Caddisfly

Limnephilus rhombicus

Larval salamanders feed on small caddisfly larvae found on streambeds.

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If you find a salamander, remember to look but not touch, so they can stay safe and happy.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Northern Two-lined Salamander?

7-12 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Northern Two-lined Salamander?

0.001-0.003 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Northern Two-lined Salamander?

5-10 años

¿Qué come Northern Two-lined Salamander?

This tiny amphibian loves to snack on small insects, spiders, and other tiny invertebrates found near water!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Northern Two-lined Salamander?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Northern Two-lined Salamander?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la puesta de Northern Two-lined Salamander?

10-90

¿Cuál es el metamorfosis de Northern Two-lined Salamander?

365-1095 días

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