By sight
By touch
By taste
By smell
Has a wider head
Has a wider head and larger teeth
Has larger teeth
Eats other salamanders
It is higher when there are a lot of cannibals.
Cannibals were not an indicator of extinction.
It is lower when there are a lot of cannibals.
Researchers did not study the likelihood of extinction.
Rocks and Sand
Insects and Plants
Aquatic crustaceans and insects
Fish and Frogs
Medium incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection
There are no disadvantages
High incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection
Low incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection
have special teeth associated with their cannibalistic behavior.
have distinctive physical traits associated with their behavior.
have distinctive physical traits associated with their cannibalistic behavior.
don't have distinctive physical traits associated with their cannibalistic behavior.
Mountain meadow ponds between 5,000 and 9,600 feet
Mountain meadow ponds between 2,600 and 5,000 feet
All ponds
All mountain meadow ponds