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SALAMANDERS
Amphibian      -      Vertebrate      -     Carnivore

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TIGER SALAMANDER

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Male:  Boar

Female:  Sow

Young: Tadpole, Salanderling

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SALAMANDERS
The word Salamander means 'fire lizard'.
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• Can be found in North America, Europe, and parts of Asia and South America.
• Do not live in Australia and Antarctica .
• Are nocturnal.
• Live in water and on land as there are species with and without lungs.
• Salamanders living in water have gills and are agile swimmers.
• Aquatic salamanders eat small fish, tadpoles, frogs, leeches and mosquito eggs.
• Land salamanders eat worms, spiders, dragonflies, frog eggs, slugs and other small invertebrates.

• Have long sticky tongues.
• The giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.
• Can regenerate lost limbs within a few weeks - including tail and toes.
• Nearly all salamanders lay eggs - but there are a few that give birth to live young.
• Some salamanders lay their eggs in water and others on the land.
• They can lay between 20 - 50 eggs covered with jelly.
• Eggs laid in the water hatch into salamander larvae with gills.
• Eggs laid on land hatch into terrestrial salamanders with no gills.
• The baby salamander eats its own eggshell, living off the nutrients for about a week.
• Are close relatives to frogs and toads.
• Feed on worms and insects.
• Hear with their lungs.
• Mudpuppy salamanders bark like dogs and are the largest of the salamanders.

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Visit:  Salamanders . COLLECTIVE NOUNS AND SIMILE

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SPOTTED SALAMANDER

AXOLOTI SALAMANDER

BLUE SPOTTED SALAMANDER

MUDPUPPY SALAMANFER

SPOTTED SALAMANDER

MARBLED SALAMANDER

CAVE SALAMANDER

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