The Oriental Salamander
The Oriental Salamander is also known as the Chinese Fire Dragon. They are widely scattered in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces in China. It belongs to the Salamanderidae family and contains tetrodin in its body. It is forbidden to eat. It has been kept as a pet by more and more people.
1. Appearance
The Oriental salamander is small in size, with a total length of about 70mm, a flat head, a rounded body, a flattened tail and a blunt tip. The top of the head is flat, and the length of the head is longer than the width of the head; the tip of the snout is blunt and rounded; the nostrils are very close to the tip of the snout; the diameter of the eyes is about the same length as the snout or slightly shorter; the cleft of the mouth is just below the back corner of the eye, and the lip folds are more obvious at the insult, protecting The back end of the lower jaw; there are fine teeth on the left and right jaws, and the two long vomer teeth are arranged obliquely in a "several" shape. The front ends are quite close and meet on the inside between the two inner nostrils. The rear ends are arranged obliquely to both sides; the tongue is small and thick. , oval, narrow at the front and wide at the back, with the front and rear ends adhered to the floor of the mouth, and the two sides of the body are free; the hands and feet are weak and long, and when the body is facing each other, the fingers and toes are overlapped and reach the opponent's normal plantar position; the fingers and toes Slightly flat and slender, with a rounded end and no webbing at the base; 4 fingers, the sequence is 3, 2, 4, 1; 5 toes, the sequence is 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, the inner fingers and toes are all short. The tail is long, slightly shorter than 1/2 of the total length, and the tail height is between 5-7mm. The dorsal and ventral fins are brown and straight, and merge at the tail end to form a rounded and blunt tail tip. The anal hole is a short longitudinal fissure. The male's fissure is long, with many villi-like protrusions along the inner side of the anal wall. The anus is swollen and swollen during the reproductive period. The female's fissure is short, with no protrusion on the inner side and no obvious bulge. The skin is smooth, the appearance of the head and back; the skin on the ventral surface is smooth, with fine horizontal grooves, and small yellow glands can be seen through in the light-colored area; the retroauricular glands on the strong side are straighter and not obvious; the occipital part has a slight "V" shaped bulge , the pharynx rises from the neck fold clearly, and goes around to the back end of the postauricular gland. There is a slight ridge groove in the middle of the back, but it is not obvious.
2. Food habits
Feeds on larvae, water worms, water fleas, mealworms, and small fish.
3. Rest situations
Still waters such as flat pools or paddy fields, as well as slow-flowing waters in mountain streams.
In addition to being kept as a pet, the Oriental Salamander also has certain medicinal value. It is a small pet with great connotations.
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