fire salamander

English

Fire salamander

fire salamander (plural fire salamanders)

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.

Salamandra salamandra

Greek:
Ancient: σαλαμάνδρα f (salamándra)
Italian: salamandra pezzata f
Polish: salamandra plamista (pl) f
Russian: о́гненная салама́ндра f (ógnennaja salamándra), пятни́стая салама́ндра f (pjatnístaja salamándra), обыкнове́нная салама́ндра f (obyknovénnaja salamándra)

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