Common or spotted salamander (Salamandra salamandra). Urodelos Amphibians Vertebrates Animal Kingdom. Wildlife. Fauna. Zoology.

It measures about 20 cm.

It is the largest Aragonese amphibian, and the only one with the cylindrical tail, and its appearance is unmistakable: smooth and shiny skin, and black body with irregular yellow spots on the back, which serve to warn predators of its bad taste (If a fox eats a salamander, he will no longer taste another). The surface occupied by these spots is variable, maximum in the most western Pyrenean valleys.

Common or spotted salamander (Salamandra salamandra).

Like almost all amphibians, their fertilization is external (Male and female embrace in the water and as the female releases the eggs, the male releases sperm that, in the water, fertilizes those eggs), but the salamander He has perfected: as in other urodelos, the male (distinguishable by its more bulky sewer) after a short bridal dance releases a compact sperm pack that the female enters.

The salamander is ovoviviparous: the larvae are born directly from the mother's body, since the eggs hatch inside her (she is one of the few non-oviparous amphibians).

In addition, the female can keep the sperm alive for years, so she can have babies suddenly after a long time separated from males. It lives in the humid forests (it only goes to the waters, shallow, to mate, since nothing bad and it drowns easily), until the 2,000 m. tall.

It is nocturnal and more active after rain.



Other information about fauna in Aragón:

A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:

Vertebrates	Invertebrates
Mammals Red squirrel. Bear. Fox. Artiodactyl Ungulates Deer. Wild pig. Birds Classification of Birds Storks. Capercaillies. Reptiles Amphibians Urodelos.    Marbled Triton.    Webbed Triton.    Pyrenean triton. Anurans. Fishes	Metazoans Arthropods Myriapods Insects Arachnids Spiders Crustaceans Annelids Worm Molluscs Asquelmintos Platelmintos Celentereos Porifera Protozoa
images about the fauna in Aragon.    photographs on invertebrates.    beneficial animals for agriculture.



Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.

Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.