Provence amphibian: fire salamander

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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:
- LPO (wildlife protection league) training (April 2024)
Many thanks to Robin LHUILLIER, regional naturalist training manager at the LPO of Provence (wildlife protection league), for the quality of his training on the amphibians of Provence.

- "Guide des amphibiens d'Europe" d'A. & C. NÖLLERT / Publisher: Delachaux & Niestlé (book in French)
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