Friday, May 25, 2012

Dog: The Mud Puppy

 
Animals Unique | Mud Puppy | , a salamander That lives in lakes and rivers in the eastern UnitedStates. An adult mud puppy is 8 to 17 inches (20 to 43 cm) long. It is brownish oralmost black above, with a dark-spotted, pale Underside. The rectangular headand body are flattened. The tail fins are reddish Often. Each of the four feet has fourtoes. Dark-red gills like Plumes wave outside the gill openings on the neck.

Mud puppies feed on snails, insects, and worms on the muddy bottom. They arecaught accidentally by Fishermen Sometimes. In the spring the female lays 60 to70 eggs in shallow water, where They hatch in about seven weeks. The youngresemble the parents.

The mud puppy Necturus maculosus is Proteidae of the family.

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