Alpine salamander

propagation
The Alpine salamander lives in the central and eastern Alps at altitudes above 700 meters above sea level in southeastern Switzerland, western and central Austria, northern Italy and Slovenia, southern Germany and France, limited populations in Croatia and Serbia.
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordal
Class: Amphibians
Order: Tailed amphibians
Family: Salamanders
Genus: Salamanders
Species: Alpine salamander

description
Externally, the Alpine salamander is similar to another representative of the genus Salamandra - the fire salamander. Distinctive features are a slimmer body, smaller size and mostly monochromatic color of the alpine salamander.
The length of the adult alpine salamander is from 9 to 14 cm, there are individuals up to 18 cm long.

lifestyle
They prefer the banks of mountain streams, hide under stones or in shrubs.
Alpine salamanders are viviparous animals. The larvae develop in the mother body throughout the year. Although the female has 30 to 40 eggs in the oviducts, only two larvae undergo complete metamorphosis. The remaining eggs serve as food for the two developing larvae, which eat them whole until birth.
The lifespan of the Alpine salamander is about 10 years.
They feed on invertebrates.