Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Just a short timelapse of my juvenile fire salamanders hunting crickets at night. Sorry for the bad quality, unfortunately my infrared camera does not produce high quality footage.
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General Information on Fire Salamanders:
"The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is possibly the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to subspecies. Fire salamanders can have a very long lifespan; one specimen lived for more than 50 years in Museum Koenig, a German natural history museum.
Fire salamanders live in central European forests and are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks. They need small brooks or ponds with clean water in their habitat for the development of the larvae. Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are inconspicuous. They spend much of their time hidden beneath stones, wood or other objects. They are active in the evening and the night, but on rainy days they are active in daytime as well."
Fire salamander. (2014, October 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:15, October 17, 2014, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_salamander&oldid=629214070
Song: Retro by Wayne Jones
Just a short timelapse of my juvenile fire salamanders hunting crickets at night. Sorry for the bad quality, unfortunately my infrared camera does not produce high quality footage.
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General Information on Fire Salamanders:
"The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is possibly the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to subspecies. Fire salamanders can have a very long lifespan; one specimen lived for more than 50 years in Museum Koenig, a German natural history museum.
Fire salamanders live in central European forests and are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks. They need small brooks or ponds with clean water in their habitat for the development of the larvae. Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are inconspicuous. They spend much of their time hidden beneath stones, wood or other objects. They are active in the evening and the night, but on rainy days they are active in daytime as well."
Fire salamander. (2014, October 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:15, October 17, 2014, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_salamander&oldid=629214070
Song: Retro by Wayne Jones
