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Small salamander with a black body and irregular yellow stripes perched on a branch, raising its front right foot.
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Small salamander with a black body and irregular yellow stripes perched on a branch, raising its front right foot.
fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) The amphibian order Caudata includes newts and salamanders, including this fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra).

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salamander, (order Caudata), any member of a group of about 740 species of amphibians that have tails and that constitute the order Caudata. The order comprises 10 families, among which are newts and salamanders proper (family Salamandridae) as well as hellbenders, mud puppies, and lungless salamanders. They most commonly occur in freshwater and damp woodlands, principally in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. A brief treatment of salamanders follows. For more complete treatments, see caudata...

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