Salamander

=Salamander=

=__**Scientitic Name**__=

Salamandroidea

Spotted Salamander**
 * California Salamander.

=__Physical Characteristics__=


 * .** about 500 species of amphibians are called salamander
 * .** they have slender bodies, short noses, and long tails
 * .** 4 toes on their front legs and 5 toes on their rear legs
 * .** often are brightly colored
 * .** length 2.7 cm ( 1.1 inch) up to 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
 * .** the Chinese Giant Salamander can be up to 6 ft in length


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Chineese Giant Salamander || =**__Habitat__**=
 * .** live in or near water such as wetlands and swamps
 * .** some only live in water
 * .** some live only on land


 * Swamp**

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**Toad**
.skin has wart like glands
 * .** they usualy walk versul hop
 * .** family of yellow banded poison dart


 * Green Toad**

. predators that eat mosquitoes flies and bees . found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands . has 4 wing
 * Dragonfly**



**Two Plants**
. native to marshes and wet woods . grows 80 cm. tall . leaves have a waxy texture
 * Marsh Marigold**



Typha

 * .** also called cattail
 * .** grows at the edges of wetlands and in marshes
 * .** are home to many insects, birds and amphibians



=__Adaptations__=


 * .** some have lungs, some gils
 * .** skin secretes mucus so it will not dry out

=**__Human Uses__**=

ability to regenerate limbs for human limb regeneration.
 * .** researchers are looking for ways to apply the salamander's
 * .** are used as pets

=**__Two Other Facts__**=

predator is near. the fire, the salamander runs for it life. This lead to the belief that salamanders were created from flames. This belief gave the creature its name.
 * 1.** Salamanders can dropped off their tails to look like they are dead when a
 * 2.** Salamanders like to dwell inside rotting logs. When the log is placed into



=__Food Web__=



=__Animals at Genus Level__=



|| || Also called "rubber eels". Length up to 5 ft. ||
 * Alpine newt part-way through metamorphosis || Caecilians "legless" amphibians.

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Salamander
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