SUPER ANIMAL: Salamander

Monday 25 June 2012

Salamander

Yes, but a salamander is not always a newt. Confused? The word "salamander" is the name for an entire group, or scientific order, of ambhibions that have tails as adults. This includes animals commonly known as newts and sirens. Most of the animals in the salamander order look like a cross between a lizards and a frog. They have moist, smooth skin like frogs, and long tails like lizards. The term "newt" is sometimes used for salamanders that spend most of each year living on land. The name "siren" is generally given to salamanders that have lungs as well as gills and never develop beyond the larval stage.