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Salamandra salamandra
Salamandra salamandra, Linnaeus, 1758 (Fire Salamander), in vicinity of Bad Berneck in Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
Mixed beech and spruce forest.
Spotted on Aug 28, 2011
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
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Project Noah Fact of the Day: When a male fire salamander becomes aware of a potential mate, he confronts her and blocks her path. He carresses her with his chin to express his interest in mating, then crawls beneath her and grasps her front limbs with his own in amplexus. He deposits a spermatophore on the ground, then attempts to lower the female's cloaca into contact with it. If successful, the female draws the sperm packet in and her eggs are fertilized internally. The eggs develop internally and the female deposits the larvae into a body of water just as they hatch. In some subspecies the larvae continue to develop within the female until she gives birth to fully formed metamorphs. ~Wikipedia
Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) spotted in Germany by PN member ArthurTiutenko.
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Beautiful picture!
Nice