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!

Hábitat: Forests and wetlands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 7.5-12.5 cm
Peso: 0.005-0.015 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-7 años
Top Speed: 0.05 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 10-50
Metamorfosis: 90-365 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat aquatic invertebrates; adults hunt terrestrial invertebrates on land.

Alimentos principales

Springtails
Mites
Small worms
Tiny slugs
Insect larvae

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Bosque

Los hábitats boscosos son entornos terrestres dominados por una densa cubierta arbórea, que sustentan una gran diversidad de vida animal y vegetal.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.