Salamandre tachetée (F); Vuursalamander (NL); Eldsalamander (S); Ildsalamander (DK); Mlok skrnitý (CZ)

Distribution:
Widely distributed through Southern, Western and Central Europe. Absent from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia, the coastal region of Northern and Baltic Sea, and east of the Carpathians.

Size:
and
about 14-17 cm
(rarely up to 20 cm)

Two subspecies:
S.s.salamandra – Yellow-spotted F. – and
S.s.terrestris – Yellow-striped F.;
distribution areas partly overlapping.

Mating:
Terrestrial
, July-October.
At first development of the larvae inside female body. Birth of larvae after about 8 months. In March-July 8-60 larvae are deposited generally in shaded, cold, running water, rich in oxygen.

Fire salamander
Salamandra salamandra
Fire salamander

Fire salamander
(Subspecies: above- S.s.terrestris, below S.s.salamandra)
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