The southern dusky salamander is a small lungless amphibian that breathes through its skin. It lives in moist forests in the southeast of North America near streams.
The southern dusky salamander differs from related species with its dark coloration with small light spots and snout shape. It is important for nature as a hunter of insects and food for snakes, birds, and fish.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
Tail size
birth time
ambush
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
shallow coastal zones of rivers and lakes
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
Warm summer
worms
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
adult
Maturity
centipedes
insects
About health
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
summer warm, winter not very cold
small snails, mussels and other mollusks
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
Trophic type
Filters
Upcoming birthdays
standing fresh waters — lakes, ponds, oxbow lakes
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Desert and dry shrubs
rains almost always, very humid
invertebrate
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
crevice
rock
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Warm summer and frequent rains
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
Regeneration
summer warm, rains frequent
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Egg count
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
Nearctic realm
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
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mouth
turns
Rascals
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Limbs count
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
small mollusks
Egg color
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
all rivers and lakes
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
lakes and ponds
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
Palearctic realm
swimming
no permanent shelter
freshwater coastal and creek
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
surface
primary food sources
teeth
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
aquatic
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
live annelid worms
Nearctic realm
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
Eyes color
On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
Skin color
sq mm
yr
External gills size
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
Freshwater
Duration
live insects
This is me
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
freshwater
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
External gills color
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
live centipedes and chilopod myriapods
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Strawberry
stream bank
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
embryo
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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