That was in the 1970s. And it was the only time, experts say, that North America’s largest salamander has ever been reported in the wild in Orange County. The non-native tiger salamander ...

It appears as if Orange County’s Pacific slender salamanders fit this category, though scientists are just beginning to sort out the reasons for a genetic variety far richer than suggested by ...

Graduate student Regina Spranger walked just off the path on the UC Santa Cruz campus and flipped a log over to reveal a reddish-brown salamander. She picked up the squirmy amphibian, about as long as ...

The spotted salamander can be hard to initially spot and can be recognized at first glance by its dark-colored exterior and the bright yellow or orange spots along its back. These creatures have ...

The Salamander Room, by Anne Mazer, illustrations by Steve Johnson (Knopf, $13.95, ages 4-6). When Brian brings home a little orange salamander from the woods, he has a perfect response to every ...

They pulled three newts up with their nets, marveling at their distinct V-shaped heads, "knob-like warts," and orange-and-black ... a colorful array of aquatic salamanders species.

Four salamanders of this “lost ... Males, on the other hand, are more “uniform dark brown” with “faint orange marks” and white marks on their bellies and the underside of their ...

This would protect the salamander throughout its range across 15 states from New York to Illinois to Mississippi. Eastern hellbenders are a slimy, and very loveable brownish-orange salamander that ...