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Animal Qualities

Hidden beauty

Carry the night spots.

Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.

2 species

Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Blue-spotted Salamander

Species principle: Quiet Wonder

Carry the night spots.

Wonder does not need noise when it knows the wet path home.

Blue-spotted Salamanders move through moist forests and wetlands, often migrating to breeding pools during spring rains.

Glass Frog (Centrolenidae) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Glass Frog

Species principle: Translucence

Let the leaf show through.

Delicacy can protect itself by letting the background pass through.

Glass Frogs often have translucent ventral skin and green coloration that help them blend with leaves near streams, where many species lay eggs above water.

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