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Fire salamander
Salamandra salamandra
A black-and-yellow salamander of damp forests, including the Montseny and the Garrotxa in Catalonia.
- Weight
- About 40 g
- Size
- Up to 20 cm long
- Lifespan
- Over 20 years
- Top speed
- Slow
- Diet
- Worms, slugs, insects
How heavy is that?
So light that a 40 kg kid weighs as much as 1,000 of them
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Its bright colours warn: 'I taste bad!'
- Most give birth to live larvae in streams instead of laying eggs.
- It comes out on rainy nights.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Fire salamander40 gA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 1,000× as much as the fire salamander
- Size
- Fire salamander20 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 7× as big as the fire salamander
- Top speed
- Fire salamander—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Fire salamander20 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 4× as long as the fire salamander
Food chain
- LeavesProducer
- Earthworms
Fire salamanderThis animal