Salamanders

All ponds

Mountain meadow ponds between 2,600 and 5,000 feet

Mountain meadow ponds between 5,000 and 9,600 feet

All mountain meadow ponds

Aquatic crustaceans and insects

Insects and Plants

Fish and Frogs

Rocks and Sand

don't have distinctive physical traits associated with their cannibalistic behavior.

have distinctive physical traits associated with their behavior.

have distinctive physical traits associated with their cannibalistic behavior.

have special teeth associated with their cannibalistic behavior.

By taste

By touch

By smell

By sight

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.

It is higher when there are a lot of cannibals.

High incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection

Low incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection

There are no disadvantages

Medium incidence of disease caused by a bacterial infection

Has a wider head

Eats other salamanders

Has a wider head and larger teeth

Has larger teeth