Salamander - Fire salamander

Japanese: サラマンドラ - さらまんどら(英語表記)fire salamander
Salamander - Fire salamander

An animal of the family Salamandridae in the order Caudata in the class Amphibians. It is also called the European newt. It is found in central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa, and Asia Minor. It is 13 to 28 centimeters long. It has a black background with linear or dotted yellow markings, and is divided into many subspecies. It lives in mountain and hilly forests and is terrestrial. Fertilization is internal, and females give birth to about 20 larvae in running or still water in the spring. The closely related Alpine salamandra S. atra , found from the Alps to the mountains on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, is completely black and gives birth to one or two metamorphic individuals.

[Mitsuru Kuramoto]

[Reference] | Newt
Major species of salamanders and newts (specimen drawings)
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Major species of salamanders and newts [marks]


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

両生綱有尾目イモリ科の動物。ヨーロッパイモリともいう。ヨーロッパ中部および南部、アフリカ北西部、小アジアに分布する。全長13~28センチメートル。黒色地に線状または点状の黄色斑紋(はんもん)をもち、多くの亜種に区分される。山地や丘陵地の森林に生息し、地上性である。体内受精で、雌は春に約20匹の幼生を流水や止水に産む。アルプス山地からアドリア海東岸の山地にかけて分布する近縁種のアルプスサラマンドラS. atraは全身黒色を呈し、1、2匹の変態個体を産む。

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[参照項目] | イモリ
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