Salamanders and Newts
Popular as pets, salamanders and newts are amphibians that resemble lizards, but are actually very different. There are over 500 species of salamanders. Ask questions about their diet, habitat and behavior here.
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Dude b4yes they do EDIT: NO! Not all lizards lay eggs. I will provide just a few of the many counterexamples: Oscillated skinks, Blue...
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ID1219366612 said - to smallJust C. Urious said- no..they are still to small but try not to touch one. Some have poisinous slime...
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Newts hibernate from about December first to March first.
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Newts are reptiles and need to breath. They can live without water for several weeks as long as they are in damp conditions and...
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No...newts and salamanders are both amphibians (like frogs); however, newts are a little bigger than the common salamander. Also,...
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Amphibians live on both land and water. The examples are frog, toads, salamanders and newts etc.
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Put up low fencing, such as construction type silt fence, or aluminum fence that is keyed into the ground and is approximately...
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very much as are own except for the tail
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in my opinion newts live up to 65 years, the average live of fire belly newts is from 30 to 60 years:]
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yes newts can grow there limbs back. :)
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if you catch it from the wild usually more than captive bred
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Answerthey can only live for four days cause i done it at home with a fully mature adult.from ultracybertron a salamander can...
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It is not uncommon for a Salamander to shed skin and then eat the cast off slough. Also, large salamanders will sometimes eat...
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Amphibians are cold-blooded animals, meaning they do not have a constant body temperature but instead take on the temperature of...
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It cannot even reach its own skin...
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The sound of a 90 year-old climaxing.
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yes they are.well in most cases that is.most of them are shy and most likely afraid of you.
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I have a Fire bellied newt living in a coldwater community tank along with minnows, goldfish, pleco, African dwarf frogs, zebra...
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The Center has advocated hard to protect the California tiger salamander under both the federal and the California Endangered...
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The Grotto or " ghost " salamander lives in southern Missouri,northern Arkansas,northeast Oklahoma, southeast Kansas. They...
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some salamander can be poisonous and some have teeth
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All forms of water (rain, in a glass, etc.) are examples of cohesion. Cohesion is a term used to coin the attraction between...
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Giant Chinese salamanders eat insects, frogs, and crustations.
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So they dont die of coldness. They are allready cold blooded.
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Yes, if it will allow you to. However, the newt's skin is sensitive to rough objects, dry skin, and oil on your hands, so you...
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Literature is written expression by writers /authors in a socio-historical domain characterized by the stylistics in the language...
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Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family:Ambystomatidae Genus: Ambystoma Species: opacum ...
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Blanes, Calella, Barcelona, Cambrils, Salou, Tarragona, Valencia, Alicante, Almería, Cartagena, Málaga, Cádiz and Huelva are...
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The answer to that question depends of the age of the salamander. How younger the salamander, how smaller the food. In most of...
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The answer to that question depends of the age of the salamander. How younger the salamander, how smaller the food. In most of...
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no i do not think so, they are cold-bloodednobody still knows, but scientests think that the tree frog is warm blooded because...
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Salamander is a common name of approximately 500 http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Species of amphibians They are typically...
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The eastern salamander is important because of extreme rarity
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No, they are not insects. Read below. newt Any of more than 40 salamander species (family Salamandridae) prevalent in the...
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no they can not give you warts ( and neather can frogs) but could maybe cause rashes but im not sure
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They generally don't eat for up to two months at a time but then gorge themselves on a gelatin substance known as El Tequito
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Salamanders have teeth on their jaws and the roof of the mouth
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Salmanders are reptiles and do need heat to survive. It warms them and makes them comfortable
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Triturus There are many genus's Cynops, Taricha, Paramesotriton, Notophthalmus, etc
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Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 500 species of amphibians typically with slender bodies, short legs, and...
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from what i can see they dont have any unless they are tiny teeth.
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http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/amphibians/Andrias_davidianus/ The Chinese giant salamander is the largest.
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AnswerNo. Salamanders have smooth moist skin and lizards have rough and dry skin.
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Yes. Some types of Salamanders have deadly toxins in their skin. Taricha torosa and Taricha granulosa have been responsible for...
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They scarcely ever come into contact with each other(different enviornments) but if they did I am sure nothing would go wrong.
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Yes, salamanders are vertebrates.
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they obtain food by catching it with their tongue or mouth.
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Which one? The one he rides throughout most of the movie or the one call gives him in the end?
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It is a bad idea to have small rocks in the tank so take them out and get bigger ones instead.
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i dont know why dont you tell me fatty
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Yes you can hold the blue spotted salamander; but, they are very quick.
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Perhaps you are meaning a Grotto Salamander? If so, they are a white or pink colored salamander that is found primarily in...
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Salamanders breathe by gills, lungs, mouth lining, and skin, sometimes in combination, sometimes separately. Members of the water...
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Flatwoods Salamanders live alone and spend most of the day in underground burrows or under rocks or logs. They have fragile...
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I believe that the hypothesis has something to do with the evolution to the varying ecosystems .in which salamanders live. the...
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Like most other vertebrates, amphibians achieve air-breathing by drawing air into the lungs through the mouth or nose. Intaking...
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In the breeding season (June to December) males deposit small packets of sperm on the bottom of the pond. They then lead females...
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Newts have feathery gills in the larvae stage but lose them as they grow older.
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no! i dont even think u can eat frogs! oh nvm u can.
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All salamanders are carnivorous: larger ones consume earthworms and adults and larvae of many insects; smaller species eat small...
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All salamanders are carnivores in their adult phase. As tadpoles, they may be herbivorous or omnivorous, but as they mature, they...
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Well they are wet like lizards because they need to submerge in water frequently to stay healthy.
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No, a salamander is an amphibian and a KOMOTO Dragon is a reptile. Any relationship is distant.
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My redback salamander is about 2-3 inches long. He/she eats every day. It will not eat anything that it cohabitates with....
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a salamanda is a grill -heats from top oven all around
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"Hold 'er Newt, She's a-rarin!" is a quote from a comic strip dating back to at least the 1930's. I do not recall the name of the...
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ive got 2 iberian newts, the are a type of salamander, i have a 20l tank, with a few hiding places, a big plastic plant and a...
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When on land smooth newts tend to feed on insects, worms and slugs. In water they feed on Shrimps, water lice, insect larvae,...
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Incomplete. From the time of hatching until adulthood, the salamander remains active, and never goes through an inactive "pupal"...
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Salamanders and snakes are reptiles, both reproduce by laying eggs, some species of each are amphibious. See the link below for...
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1. their paratoid gland excretes a form of tetrodotoxin like the puffer fish 2.they have strong regenerative capabilities 3.the...
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a turtle can live longer because turtles can be 375 years old and still be young
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Their general body shape is similar, but other than that they are very different. The main difference is that the lizard is a...
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Yes, most newts can be sold, try Caudata.org
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A newt is any of several small, slender, often brightly colored salamanders of the northern Asiatic or European genus Triturus or...
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Salamander is the common name for a group of 500 species of amphibians and are typically characterized by slender bodies, short...
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No. Rough skinned newts are carnivores, feeding on insects, worms, and other invertebrates.
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You should not try to do this, in many cases certain species of newt are protected by law and if you interfere with them you...
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the strongest newt/salamander is found in the lakes of japan and is called the japanese giant salamander look it up on the web...
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">AnswerYes, Black Salamanders are poisonous. They, like all amphibians, excrete a poisonous liquid through their skin....
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