fire salamander

fire salamander
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots. It is related to the tiger salamander,

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  • Fire Salamander — Taxobox name = Fire Salamander status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down image width = 230px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Caudata familia = Salamandridae genus = Salamandra species = S. salamandra… …   Wikipedia

  • fire salamander — noun European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots • Syn: ↑spotted salamander, ↑Salamandra maculosa • Hypernyms: ↑salamander • Member Holonyms: ↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra …   Useful english dictionary

  • fire salamander — noun a short tailed nocturnal salamander with black skin and bright red, orange, and yellow markings. [Salamandra salamandra.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • Corsican Fire Salamander — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

  • North African Fire Salamander — Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • European fire salamander — noun a kind of European salamander • Syn: ↑Salamandra salamandra • Hypernyms: ↑salamander • Member Holonyms: ↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra …   Useful english dictionary

  • Salamander (legendary creature) — This article is about the legendary creature; for the amphibian, see Salamander. The salamander is an amphibian of the order Urodela. As with many real creatures, pre modern authors often ascribed fantastic qualities to it (compare the… …   Wikipedia

  • Salamander — For other uses, see Salamander (disambiguation). Salamanders Temporal range: Jurassic–present …   Wikipedia

  • salamander — /ˈsæləmændə / (say saluhmanduh) noun 1. any of various tailed amphibians, most of which have an aquatic larval stage but are terrestrial as adults, such as Salamandra salamandra, the European salamander or fire salamander of central and southern… …  

  • Salamander — Sal a*man der, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. ?; cf. Per. samander, samandel.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to {Salamandra}, {Amblystoma}, {Plethodon}, and various allied genera, especially those that are …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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