fire salamander

English

Fire salamander

Wikispecies

Noun

fire salamander (plural fire salamanders)

1. A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 6:

     Fire salamanders, which are common on forested hillsides in southern and central Europe, extrude secretions onto their skin containing a neurotoxic alkaloid, Samandarin, when they think they are under attack.

Translations

Salamandra salamandra

• Greek:

  Ancient: σαλαμάνδρα f (salamándra)

• Italian: salamandra pezzata f
• Polish: salamandra plamista (pl) f