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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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A red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) with black spots on its back and head rests on a damp log, surrounded by green moss. banded fire salamander (Salamandra terrestris) olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
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salamander: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Salamander Insights Into Ageing and Rejuvenation. Nov 06, 2026
Media added. Sep 11, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Transactions B - Shifts in salamander body size associated with 60 years of climate change. May 29, 2026
Media added. Aug 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Salamandra. Jul 10, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Reconstruction of the climate envelopes of salamanders and their evolution through time. May 31, 2025
Add new Web site: Mass Audubon - Salamanders. Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology - Salamander Insights Into Ageing and Rejuvenation. Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Shrinking sizes of trout and salamanders are unexplained by climate warming alone. Sep 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Virginia Cooperative Extension - Sustaining America's Aquatic Biodiversity - Salamander Biodiversity and Conservation. Jul 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Council of the European Union and the European Council - Why salamanders are important to you. May 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Salamander Facts. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Salamandra salamandra. Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Salamanders: The molecular basis of tissue regeneration and its relevance to human disease. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Facts About Salamanders. Mar 04, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Salamander Insights Into Ageing and Rejuvenation. Sep 09, 2022
Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Salamander. May 15, 2022
Added a photograph of the red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber). Dec 17, 2019
Article revised and updated. Oct 23, 2019
Add new Web site: Easy Science for kids - Salamanders and Newts. Aug 15, 2016
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Salamander and Newt. Aug 15, 2016
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Facts About Salamander. Aug 15, 2016
Added video. May 21, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Salamander. May 29, 2014
Media added. Jan 06, 2012
Text updating the maximum length of the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) and noting the maximum length of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) added. Feb 04, 2010
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Salamander. Apr 15, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Salamander. May 18, 2008
Added new Web site: Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection - Salamanders and Newts. May 01, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Salamander. Mar 14, 2008
Added new Web site: Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management - Eastern Tiger Salamander. Dec 28, 2007
Article revised and updated. Dec 28, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Eastern Tiger Salamander. Dec 28, 2007
Added new Web site: ARKive - North African fire salamander. Dec 11, 2007
Added new Web site: AmphibiaWeb. Jun 27, 2006
Added new Web site: University of Texas - Herps of Texas. Jun 26, 2006
Added new Web site: University of Georgia - Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site. Jun 26, 2006
Article revised. May 27, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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