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Fire salamanders live in the forests of central Europe and are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous forests since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks. They need small brooks or ponds with clean water in their habitat for the development of the larvae. Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are ...
Although locally common in places, the North African fire salamander is rare in others and has a fragmented distribution range. The main threat it faces is the destruction of its forest habitat. Other threats include the channelling of the forest streams for irrigation, overgrazing by livestock, and collection of the salamanders for the pet trade.
North African fire salamander: Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883: Algeria and Morocco alpine salamander: Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768: central, eastern and Dinaric Alps Corsican fire salamander: Salamandra corsica Savi, 1838: Corsica Near Eastern fire salamander: Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and ...
The Japanese fire-bellied newt or Japanese fire-bellied salamander (Cynops pyrrhogaster) is a species of newt endemic to Japan. The skin on its upper body is dark and its lower regions bright red, although coloration varies with age, genetics, and region. Adults are 8 to 15 cm (3.1 to 5.9 in) long.
The association of the salamander with fire appeared first in Antiquity with Aristotle (History of Animals 5, 17) and with Pliny the Elder writing in his Natural History (10, 86) that "A salamander is so cold that it puts out fire on contact. It vomits from its mouth a milky liquid; if this liquid touches any part of the human body, it causes ...
The Near Eastern fire salamander [2] (Salamandra infraimmaculata), in Arabic arouss al-ayn, [3] is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. [4] [5] Its natural habitats are subtropical dry shrubland and forests, often near rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by ...
Small, colorful, and a lover of habitats with sandy substrates, Red-clawed Crabs are some of the best aquarium pets that aren’t fish. Also known as Mangrove Crabs or Red Crabs, these clawed ...
The Corsican fire salamander is threatened by habitat loss, forest works, road construction, and traffic. The species may also be threatened by water pollution, wildfires , and wood pasture . Introducing invasive fish species, such as rainbow trout in the larval habitats diminishes the reproduction of the island's fire salamanders significantly.