Fiery salamander - an animal hailing from legends

Salamanders are amphibians who belong to the suborder of the Newts, a group of tailed. They seem awkward, the body is disproportionately thick with transverse folds and rounded tail. The skin is full of glands. Most of them are concentrated on the sides of the trunk, on the back and behind the ears. On the forelimbs 4 fingers, and on the back - 5. A very interesting and very mysterious creature is a salamander.

The animal is a hero of numerous legends and even fairy tales, and all thanks to the assurance that the amphibian does not burn in the fire. Of course, you should not mock the salamander in order to be sure of the veracity of these words, but if it happens that the animal gets into the fire, it will not die, but, most likely, will escape by flight. The salamander lizard has mucus that is secreted from the skin. It is she who helps to avoid negative consequences from the fire. By the way, because of white and milk extracts, this creature for many years was considered deadly to humans.

The most common and famous is the fiery salamander. The animal received such a name because of the golden-orange spots on a black background, sometimes it is also called spotted. The habitat of the amphibian is Northern Africa, Europe, except for the northern territory, Asia Minor. Wet and dark places are what the salamander likes so much. An animal prefers to hide under the rocks, roots of trees, in burrows during the day . The lizard feels great in forests where high humidity prevails. If the hot weather persists for a long period and the expected amount of precipitation does not fall, then the salamander's habitat in this place is in question, since the amphibian can not exist for a long time at high temperatures and low humidity.

The main drawback of the animal lies in its slowness. Because of this, they can not diversify their diet and eat mainly snails, hulking insects, earthworms. Sometimes they attack small vertebrates. Slowness is also the reason that the victim of many predators is the salamander. An animal can become a dinner for a shrew, raccoon, opossum, owl. What is characteristic, the lizard's mucus does not act in any way predators, for them it is harmless.

The salamander belongs to the type of viviparous animals, in appearance the cubs resemble tadpoles, like frogs. From the moment of birth until the fall, they stay in the water, and when it's cold, they get out on land to hide more safely. For the winter, all the lizards go into hibernation. For a long time people believed that the corrosive mucus secreted by the salamander through the skin is deadly not only for small rodents, but also for large animals and humans. In fact, the poison of some species really does harm, but it does not lead to death.

Never a man is attacked by a salamander. A photo of this lizard demonstrates that she does not have the means to attack. The amphibian does not have claws, teeth, thorns, so to protect yourself from poison, just do not touch it. With prolonged contact with the salamander, mucus can enter the body even through the skin. The poison is able to affect the brain and central nervous system, so you should adhere to safety techniques when meeting with a lizard.