Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

For the first time, private landowners have agreed to work with conservationists in Santa Rosa County to help save an endangered salamander.

a female red-backed salamander lays her eggs under rotting logs or in a moist underground burrow where she coils herself ...

DESCRIPTION: A small salamander, approximately 3.5-4.5 inches in length. Individuals can occur in two color phases, one with a narrow red or yellow stripe on an ... which eliminates the need for an ...

Editor’s note: News 5 has corrected the name of the salamanders in this article. SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Fifty endangered larval reticulated flatwoods salamanders were released on ...

However, the red-backed salamander has surmounted ... often chowing down on undesirable insects or their larva. While the salamanders continued their silent existence, presumably unaware of ...

FEEDING: For the first six weeks of life, juveniles eat small crustaceans, algae, and mosquito larvae. Adult salamanders prey on aquatic insects, invertebrates, and tadpoles of Pacific tree frogs, ...