Lungless Salamander facts guess how they smell Animal Fact Files

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Lungless salamander don't have lungs so they aren't able to inhale in order to smell their surroundings. Instead, they use a special groove on their upper lips that move water and scent particles to their nostrils giving them access to the scents all around them! These amphibians obtain oxygen through their skin as well as mucus membranes of their mouths. Like geckos and anoles, lungless salamanders can drop, or autotomize, their tails when faced with danger. Some of them also release noxious chemicals through their skin which make them taste nasty to potential predators. Lungless salamanders require moist areas to survive but can be found from lowland areas to high in the mountains. • Scientific Name: Family - Plethodontidae • Range: the Americas as well as small patches of Europe and Asia • Size: 1 inch to over a foot (2.54 - 30.5cm) • Diet: worms, insects, sometimes each other • Lifespan: 5+ years • ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ • 👉 / animalfactfiles • --- • All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. • stemcellsareawesome - • Bolitoglossa colonnea in Siquirres (@... • Polvia - • [HERPING BY NIGHT] Geotritone Appenni... • For The Earth - Wildlife Portraits - • Red-backed Salamander • Peter Paplanus - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpete... 33001948814; 49823603093; 34446163966 • smashtonlee05 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1660879... • Rubberducky53171 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1luckyd... • Greg Schechter - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregthe... 5059221496; 10285861204; 5058608715 • Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernied... 36062770081; 35392157313 • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsso... • Andy Reago Chrissy McClaren - https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildret... https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildret... https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildret... https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildret... • Marshal Hedin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2366085... • Dave Riggs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/driggs/... • USFWS Midwest Region - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmi... • Maxorz - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • APN MJM - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Schoggimousse - https://freesound.org/people/Schoggim... • Sclolex - https://freesound.org/people/Sclolex/... • aurelien.leveque - https://freesound.org/people/aurelien... • (Photo credit: Matthew L. Niemiller) Gladstone NS, Carter ET, Niemiller KDK, Hayter LE, Niemiller ML (2018) A new maximum body size record for the Berry Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) and genus Gyrinophilus (Caudata, Plethodontidae) with a comment on body size in plethodontid salamanders. Subterranean Biology 28: 29-38. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.28.3... - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • hitchoco - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/64... • Adam Wachel - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/61... • Christian Grenier - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/63... • Randal - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/65... • jeffreyaewick - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/68... https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/68... • Aaron Hairston - https://vimeo.com/163613346 • Ocean Sciences - https://vimeo.com/327131934 • Research: • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • http://tolweb.org/Plethodontidae/15441 • https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...

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