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[tiago]

here in portugal is very difficult to grab a caudata amphibian.
i've seen a salamander in a shop but it isn't identified. it's black with white spots and the man tell me that it's an african salamander.
somebody can help me to identify the specie??

 

[jennifer]

Good joke! There are (almost) no African salamanders. Are you sure it is a salamander, not a lizard? Does it look like any of these:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Plethodon/P_glutinosus.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_opacum.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cynops/C_ensicauda.shtml

You can look at more species photographs here:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/species.shtml

(Message edited by jennewt on April 23, 2006)

 

[tiago]

i think it's a spotted salamander, and i think that it's not an african salamander and the man don´t know that information a say that just to harry up me... i'll try to get some photos...