Near Eastern Fire Salamander

Males and females look very similar except during the breeding season, when the most conspicuous difference is a swollen gland around the male's vent. This gland produces the spermatophore, which carries a sperm packet at its tip. The courtship happens on land. After the male becomes aware of a potential mate, he confronts her and blocks her path. The male rubs her with his chin to express his interest in mating, then crawls beneath her and grasps her front limbs with his own in amplexus. He deposits a spermatophore on the ground, then attempts to lower the female's cloaca into contact with it. If successful, the female draws the sperm packet in and her eggs are fertilized internally.

They prefer deciduous forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks

It consists of various insects, spiders, earthworms and slugs, but they also occasionally eat newts and young frogs.

The eggs develop internally and the female deposits the larvae into a body of water just as they hatch.