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The spotted salamander is about 15–25 cm (5.9–9.8 in) long, [7] with females generally being larger than males. [8] They are stout, like most mole salamanders, and have wide snouts. [3] The spotted salamander's main color is black, but can sometimes be a blueish-black, dark gray, dark green, or even dark brown.
Aquatic salamander teeth are used to hinder escape of the prey from the salamander; they do not have a crushing function. [17] This aids the salamander when feeding. When the salamander performs the "suck and gape" feeding style, the prey is pulled into the mouth, and the teeth function to hold the prey inside the mouth and prevent the prey ...
Blue-spotted salamander: Adults are 3.5 to 5.5 inches (8.9 to 14.0 cm) long and are colored black with turquoise or pale blue spots. Ambystoma maculatum: Spotted salamander: Adults are 4.3 to 9.8 inches (11 to 25 cm) long and are colored black or dark gray with round yellow spots. Ambystoma opacum: Marbled salamander
The spotted salamander (Amblystoma maculatum) lives in a symbiotic relationship with a green algae known as Oophila amblystomatis. The algal cells make their way into tissue cells throughout the embryo's body and appears to avoid rejection by activating genes which suppress the embryo's immune response.
Necturus is a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Proteidae. Species of the genus are native to the eastern United States and Canada. [2] [3] [4] They are commonly known as waterdogs and mudpuppies.
A zoo in China is going viral for disguising dogs as baby pandas. The Taizhou Zoo in Northern China opened a new exhibit with several Chow Chow dogs that had been given a black and white makeover.
The Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi) The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) An adult red-spotted, or eastern, newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) The northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) with egg clutch The eastern American toad (Bufo americanus) The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) The gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) A female American bullfrog (Rana ...