Tuberkel Salamandra salamandra terrestris

[paul]

Today I had a walk in the "Bergisches Land" by Solingen (not Solling). Here I found this large S.s. terrestris male:

Look at it's front leg. Here you can see something like a wart - nearly 1 cm.

But it seemed healthy. Here it's belly.

Paul

 

[ingo]

Hi Paul,

nice to see again Photos here from you! This is really a handsome guy

I assume, the "wart" may be either the rest of a deformation built in fetal development, or, more likely, the result of a regeneration process after an injury.
Really interesting to see...

Regards, Ingo

 

[paul]

Today again I visited this nice countryside. After running two hours up and down the hills I found a Salamandra salamandra terrestris in metamorphosis - just left the water.

I put it on the moss

Here I saw, that this little guy starts his live on land with only three and a half legs

Here the brook

Paul

 

[mark]

the waart looks like it could be a toe which would go in with the regeneration theory maybe it lost a leg as a larvae
mark