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Salamandrina perspicillata, the northern spectacled salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy. The IUCN Red List follows Mattoccia et al. (2005) and Canestrelli et al. (2006) in separating Salamandrina perspicillata from Salamandrina terdigitata which is found further south.
Dendrotriton xolocalcae, commonly known as the Xolocalca bromeliad salamander or Xolocalco bromeliad salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Chiapas , Mexico, and only known from its type locality , Cerro Ovando, at an elevation of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl .
The black mountain salamander is one of a number of similar looking species of dusky salamanders inhabiting the upland locations in which it is found. It has a robust body about 12 cm (5 in) long with short, stout limbs. The colour is variable but the upper parts are usually pale or medium brown with an indistinct pattern of paler markings.
Ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) depicting a giant salamander being stabbed by the samurai Hanagami Danjō no jō Arakage The mythical ruler Prester John supposedly had a robe made from alleged salamander hair, in fact asbestos fibre, already known by ancient Greece and Rome (the linum vivum of Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia ...
Lurchi is the advertising comic character of the German Salamander shoe factories. He is a fire salamander. His adventures are told (in German) in small booklets titled Lurchis Abenteuer (Lurchi's adventures). They are targeted mainly at primary schoolers, written in calligraphic handwriting in simple rhyming couplets.
Printable version; In other projects ... Amphibians found in the U.S. State of Colorado include wild salamanders, frogs, and toads. Salamanders. Image Species
North African fire salamander: Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883: Algeria and Morocco alpine salamander: Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768: central, eastern and Dinaric Alps Corsican fire salamander: Salamandra corsica Savi, 1838: Corsica Near Eastern fire salamander: Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and ...
The western waterdog (Necturus beyeri) [2] is a species of aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae. It is endemic to the deep South, where it occurs in Alabama , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Texas .