Fire salamander
Amazing fact
Fire salamanders repeatedly return to the same places to spend the winter.
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Fire salamanders repeatedly return to the same places to spend the winter.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Fire salamander
- Scientific name
- Salamandra salamandra
- Japanese name
- ファイアサラマンダー
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Salamandridae
- Genus
- Salamandra
Where the name “Fire salamander” comes from
Its English name comes from old tales that salamanders could survive in fire.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebThis page covers the species; the Italian fire salamander is one of its subspecies.
How the Fire salamander lives
It is mainly active on mild nights. When there is some light, it hunts by watching for prey movement. In the dark, it mainly uses smell to find prey. It spends much of its time hidden under rocks or logs, or in crevices.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Europe to Iran and northern Africa
Where the Fire salamander has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ファイアサラマンダー
- 简体中文
- 火蝾螈
- 繁體中文
- 火蠑螈
- 한국어
- 불도롱뇽
- Español
- Salamandra común
- Français
- Salamandre tachetée
- Deutsch
- Feuersalamander
- Português (Brasil)
- Salamandra-de-fogo
- Italiano
- Salamandra pezzata
- العربية
- سمندر ناري
- Tiếng Việt
- Kỳ giông lửa
- Русский
- Огненная саламандра
- Türkçe
- Lekeli semender
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イタリアファイアサラマンダーChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Salamandra salamandraChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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