Salamandra salamandra

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Fire salamander']

• English:Common fire salamander, Common Fire Salamander, Fire Salamander
• العربية:سمندر ناري
• Atikamekw:Kakatcarakocic
• azərbaycanca:Ləkəli salamandra
• Boarisch:Tåttermandl
• български:Дъждовник
• brezhoneg:Sourd boutin
• català:Salamandra comuna
• čeština:Mlok skvrnitý
• Чӑвашла:Вут-хĕмлĕ саламандра
• Deutsch:Feuersalamander
• Ελληνικά:Κοινή σαλαμάνδρα
• español:Salamandra Común
• eesti:Tähniksalamander
• euskara:Arrabio
• فارسی:سمندر آذرین
• suomi:Tulisalamanteri
• galego:Píntega común
• עברית:סלמנדרה כתומה
• hrvatski:Pjegavi daždevnjak
• magyar:Foltos szalamandra
• Հայերեն:Հրային սալամանդրա
• 日本語:ファイアサラマンダー
• қазақша:Дақты саламандра
• 한국어:불도롱뇽
• kurdî:Qurnewêlk
• lietuvių:Ugninė salamandra
• latviešu:Plankumainā salamandra
• монгол:Галт саламандр
• norsk bokmål:Ildsalamander
• Plattdüütsch:Eerdpüüster
• Nederlands:Vuursalamander
• norsk:Ildsalamander
• Picard:Lanjarde bitaclée
• polski:Salamandra plamista
• پښتو:اورني سمندر
• português:Salamandra-de-fogo
• română:Sălămâzdră de uscat
• русский:Огненная саламандра
• Scots:Fire salamander
• Simple English:Fire salamander
• slovenčina:Salamandra škvrnitá
• slovenščina:Navadni močerad
• српски / srpski:Шарени даждевњак
• српски (ћирилица)‎:шарени даждевњак
• svenska:Eldsalamander
• ไทย:ซาลาแมนเดอร์ไฟ
• Türkçe:Avrupa lekeli semenderi
• українська:Саламандра вогняна
• vèneto:Bissa de la pioa
• Tiếng Việt:Kỳ giông lửa
• West-Vlams:Viersalamander
• walon:Rogne
• 中文:火蠑螈

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Amphibia • Subclassis: Lissamphibia • Ordo: Caudata • Subordo: Salamandroidea • Familia: Salamandridae • Genus: Salamandra • Species: Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)

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red-orange form

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  Mapa distribució Salamandra Països Catalans

Salamanders may actively defend themselves once they are grasped by a predator. Besides various antipredator postures S. salamandra adults are able to extrude heavy toxic skin secretions, e.g. the neurotoxic alkaloid Samandarin.

This alkaloid causes strong muscle convulsions and high-blood pressure combined with hyperventilation in all vertebrates.

Videos

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  Salamandra salamandra
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Fire salamander in action [1]

See also

• Salamandra salamandra gallaica

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Salamandra salamandra.