Red-cheeked forest salamander
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Red-cheeked forest salamander ( Plethodon jordani ) |
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The Red-forest salamanders ( Plethodon jordani ) is a salamander from the species-rich family of lung lots Salamander (Plethodontidae).
features
The red-cheeked forest salamander has a slim body 8.5 to 18.5 centimeters long and a head with protruding eyes. There are red spots on the otherwise black skin on the cheeks and legs. The tail, from which a hideous tasting slime is released in case of danger, can also be thrown off.
Habitat and behavior
The red-cheeked wood salamander lives in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States . Its diet consists of millipedes , beetles and insect larvae .
The males breed every year, the females every two years.
Danger
The red-cheeked forest salamander is listed as " near threatened " on the IUCN Red List .
literature
- Guido Westhoff: The medial pallium of the amphibians. A comparative anatomical study on Discoglossus pictus (order: Anura) and Plethodon jordani (order: Caudata). Shaker, Aachen 2000, ISBN 3826574125 .
Web links
- Plethodon jordani in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009. Posted by: Geoffrey Hammerson, David Beamer, 2004. Retrieved on November 5 of 2009.
- Plethodon jordani on Amphiweb.org (English)