Poisonous Pretender

Ensatina by aromatisse, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Learn more about the Ensatina—the ensatina salamander kind—as Professor Barry Mins studies kinds that may have been on the Ark.

1. These salamanders have ______ colors that mimic a poisonous species.
2. These little salamanders are _________ themselves, munching on small insects and insect larva.
3. They regularly travel distances of more than 32 ____.
4. They build _____ relatively close to water and under fallen wood
5. Its members are in something called a ____ species.