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.
