Species Profile
Salamandra
Fire salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Salamandra inhabits moist forests.
Carnivorous and nocturnal.
Brightly coloured amphibian.
Size & Structure
01
Black body with yellow patches
02
Smooth moist skin
03
Short limbs
04
Rounded tail
Salamandra — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, incomplete double
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary and cutaneous
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism (adult)
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of insects
Forest floor ecosystem role
Warning coloration example
Economic Importance
Toxicology studies
Educational value
Conservation relevance