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Category: AmphibiansSalamanders & Newts
Olm / Cave Salamander
A pale, blind cave salamander that spends its whole life in dark underground waters.
Chinese Giant Salamander
The world's largest amphibian, a critically endangered protected species; not suitable as a regular pet.
Axolotl / Mexican Walking Fish
A famous neotenic salamander that retains its external gills into adulthood, fully aquatic and requires cool w…
Tiger Salamander
A large boldly spotted terrestrial salamander, hardy and a popular beginner salamander.
Spotted Salamander
A black salamander with yellow spots, a classic woodland amphibian.
Marbled Salamander
A stout salamander with silver-gray marbled bands, found in US woodlands.
California Tiger Salamander
A distinctively spotted salamander endemic to California, a protected species in the wild.
Blue-spotted Salamander
A dark salamander with blue flecks, found in cold North American woodlands.
Eastern Newt
A newt that is aquatic as larva, terrestrial as juvenile eft, then aquatic again as adult.
Fire Salamander
A striking black-and-yellow salamander with toxic skin secretions, needing high humidity.
Alpine Salamander
A fully terrestrial black salamander of high alpine regions, gives birth to live young.
Iberian Ribbed Newt
A large newt with protruding ribs used in defense, fully aquatic in adulthood.
Emperor Newt
A striking orange-black crocodile newt, a protected species native to southern China.
Crocodile Newt
A warty crocodile newt with orange markings, found in Asian highland forests.
Oriental Fire Newt
A small black newt with a red-orange belly, a common native Asian newt kept as a pet.
Blue-tailed Newt
A newt with a bright blue tail, endemic to parts of China, becoming popular in the hobby.
Japanese Fire-bellied Newt
A newt with a bright red belly and rough black skin, native to Japan.
Wolterstorff's Newt
A rare aquatic newt endemic to Yunnan, China, requiring cool clean water.
Alpine Newt
A colorful newt of European mountains, males develop bright blue in the breeding season.
Smooth Newt
A widespread smooth newt of Europe, aquatic in breeding season.
Great Crested Newt
A large warty newt with a prominent crest in males, a protected European species.
Marbled Newt
A strikingly marbled green-black newt of Spain and Portugal.
Hong Kong Newt
A warty brown-black newt with an orange belly, native to southern China.
Kaiser's Mountain Newt
A strikingly banded orange-black newt of Iranian mountain streams, critically endangered.
