Blue-spotted Salamander

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Blue-spotted Salamander
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Habitat
The blue-spotted salamander can be found in deciduous and coniferous forests. It likes places with moist soil and small ponds. It often takes shelter in burrows or under damp leaves, moss or logs.

Diet
The blue-spotted salamander eats a wide-variety of insects along with small invertebrates like slugs, earthworms, spiders, snails and centipedes.

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