Alpine salamander
The alpine salamander is a dark, slow-moving amphibian that lives high in the mountains of Europe. It spends its whole life on land, sheltering under stones, logs and in rock crevices. It produces toxic compounds from its skin, which help protect it from predators.1

Co renconuscher el
- Usually small and dark brown or black1
- Some forms have yellow, golden or white spots or marks on the back and head1
- Males have swollen, visible cloacae and are slimmer than females1
- Elongated head shape, with glands behind and beside the eyes1
- Between 11 and 13 grooves along each side of the body, and a double row of glands down the back1
Savens confundì cun: Lanza's alpine salamander (Salamandra lanzai) is a similar species that lives in one small area of the western Alps. The Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica) is the alpine salamander's closest related species.1
Forza tossica
Sia pel è tossica. Igl è privlus d'al tutgar, d'al litgar u d'al mangiar.
Tge fa sia substanza tossica?
Alpine salamanders produce toxic compounds from their skin. These compounds may protect them from predators and from microbes.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
Their yellow markings are thought to be a warning colour that deters predators, and the pure black colouring may also warn some predators off.1
Sch'insatgi l'ha tutgà u mangià
- Sch'insatgi ha tutgà in tal animal: lava bain ils mauns e na tutga betg ils egls u la bucca. Sch'in uffant u in animal da chasa ha litgà u mangià in tal animal: clama il center toxicologic u tes numer d'urgenza.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sche ti l'has tutgà u mangià: na sfruscha betg ils egls u la bucca, lava ils mauns e tschertga agid medicinal.
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Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
uschè lung sco 5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterQuant grond è Alpine salamander cumpareglià cun TAI?
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Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Alpine salamanders are fully terrestrial, so they never need water to breed. Unlike many salamanders, their young do not develop as larvae in water.1
Young snakes, especially juvenile European adders, are a notable predator. In some locations, alpine salamanders make up just under half of these snakes' diet.1
They mark their territory with faecal pellets. Their scent tells other salamanders whether a pellet was left by a member of the same sex and species, and warns them that the site is already claimed.1
They are very stationary animals. The furthest a tracked individual was seen to travel in one summer was 12 metres.1
Their colour varies a great deal. Some populations are completely black, while others have bright yellow, white or grey spotting.1
Alpine salamanders cannot regulate their own body temperature, so losing a shelter can be extremely costly, and even fatal.1
Per experts da tissi
- Num scientific
- Salamandra atra
- Gruppa
- Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua
- Famiglia
- Salamandridae2
- Urden
- Caudata
- Continents
- Europa
- Poppins
- They give birth to live young. Their larvae do not develop in water, because the whole life cycle takes place on land.1
- Durada da vita
- circa 10 onns1
- Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
- Least Concern (IUCN Red List), although their numbers are decreasing and the subspecies S. a. aurorae is declining more quickly1
- Privel per umans
- 1 / 5: Lev3
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Alpine salamander (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Salamandra atra (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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