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Fire salamander
best-kent salamander species in Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is possibly the best-kent salamander species in Europe. It is black wi yellae spots or stripes tae a varyin degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on ithers the yellae is dominant. Shades o reid an orange mey sometimes appear, either replacin or mixin wi the yellae accordin tae subspecies.[2] Fire salamanders can hae a very lang lifespan; ane specimen lived for mair nor 50 years in Museum Koenig, a German naitural history museum.
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Fire salamander | |
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Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Faimily: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Salamandra |
Species: | S. salamandra |
Binomial name | |
Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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