Fire salamander: illustrated description
- The fire salamander has 4 digits on their front feet and 5 digits on their back feet.
- The hind legs of a fire salamander are not webbed.
- The fire salamander is ovoviviparous: it gives birth to actual small salamanders (which aren’t fully developed yet).
- Its average length is around 155 mm (either male or female), and can go up to 28 cm. It’s greater than a palmate newt‘s length or a great crested newt‘s.
Fire salamander: scientific classification
- Domain: biota
- Kingdom: animalia
- Phylum: chordata
- Class: amphibia
- Order: urodela
- Family: salamandridae
- Genus: salamandra
- Species: Salamandra salamandra
Sources:
"Guide des amphibiens d'Europe" d'A. & C. NÖLLERT / Publisher: Delachaux & Niestlé (book in French)
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