SALAMANDERS
Amphibian      -      Vertebrate      -     Carnivore

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TIGER SALAMANDER

CAVE SALAMANDER

MARBLED SALAMANDER

Salamanders ...
The word Salamader means 'fire lizard'

• 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 imes 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
• Mudpuppu salamanders bark like dogs and are the largest of the salamanders

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Male  ................................   Boar
Female   ...........................   Sow
Young   ......................   Tadpole.  Salamanderling                                                          

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SIMILE

1. As thirsty as a salamander
   

COLLECTIVE NOUN

1. A band of salamanders
2. A congress of salamanders
   
3. A maelstrom of salamanders

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SPOTTED SALAMANDER

AXOLOTI SALAMANDER

BLUE SPOTTED SALAMANDER

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MUDPUPPY SALAMANFER

SPOTTED SALAMANDER

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