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Juvenile Orange Fire Salamanders Salamandra s terrestris
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Some sequences of the young red/orange fire salamanders (Salamandra s. terrestris 'Solling'). I will try to produce some more footage with better lighting, as these sequences do not really show the actual coloration of the young salamanders. • These salamanders descend from a population in the German mountain range 'Solling'. At 0:44 and in the last photo you can see the color difference of a 'normal' yellow colored salamander and the red/orange ones. • ___ • • General Information on Fire Salamanders: • The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is possibly the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to subspecies. Fire salamanders can have a very long lifespan; one specimen lived for more than 50 years in Museum Koenig, a German natural history museum. • Fire salamanders live in central European forests and are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks. They need small brooks or ponds with clean water in their habitat for the development of the larvae. Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are inconspicuous. They spend much of their time hidden beneath stones, wood or other objects. They are active in the evening and the night, but on rainy days they are active in daytime as well. • Fire salamander. (2014, October 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:15, October 17, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t... • • • Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition • Song: Locally Sourced by Jason Farnham
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