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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.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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
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Southern Two-lined Salamander

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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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Skin Breathing Superpower

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

Habilidad

Escape Artist Tail

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.

Habilidad

Forest Floor Cloak

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

Habilidad

Watery Childhood

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
6-12 cm
Peso
0.003-0.015 kg
Esperanza de vida
3-7 años
Top Speed
1.5 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
10-50
Metamorfosis
180-300 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

  • Small insects
  • Mites
  • Springtails
  • Worms
  • Larvae

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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If you find a salamander, look but don’t touch! They need to stay safe in their homes.

Preguntas frecuentes

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

6-12 cm

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

0.003-0.015 kg

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

3-7 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Southern Two-lined Salamander?

1.5 km/h

¿Qué come Southern Two-lined Salamander?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Southern Two-lined Salamander?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Southern Two-lined Salamander?

Foraging

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

10-50

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