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Other Small Salamanders: Salamanders have the ability to regenerate injured or lost tails or toes.
Some species of salamanders hibernate during winter months in damp, protected spots under cover or in the ground. During intense summer heat some estivate; that is, they retreat into some cool, damp spot where they remain until the temperature lowers.
Salamanders are completely carnivorous. They feed on insects of all kinds, worms, sometimes other small salamanders. Large species may even take small frogs.
All adult amphibians are carnivorous; in the wild, eat only live food. In captivity, give as much natural food as possible.
Feed on insects, worms, leeches, tiny mollusks and crustaceans, young amphibians, and frogs' eggs. Mole salamanders—Feed live earthworms; in addition, offer small strips of raw meat moved about as though alive. Newts—Give small pieces of meat; crumbs of canned dog food. Efts—Give live insects. Woodland salamanders—Give tubifex worms purchased at tropical fish shop.
SALAMANDER, sal'a-man-der, from the Greek, salamandra, for a tailed amphibian of the order Caudata (or Urodela). The salamanders form a natural group (once known as "Ba-trachia Gradientia") of the class Amphibia. Anatomical evidence points to the descent of salamanders from the more primitive Lepospondyli perhaps 200 million years ago during Triassic times. Salamanders retain many characters of their primitive ancestors, but the trend in their evolution has been toward a reduction in the number of bones in the head and shoulder girdle. All salamanders possess tails, and true teeth are present in both jaws, even in the larval stages. In most species the number of teeth increases during the process of growth.
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