Salamanders

PrefaceTaxonomy and SystematicsBiology Metamorphosis The skin Anti-predator behaviour Colours, patterns and colour morphs Thermoregulation Diet Reproduction Natural habitats of tailed amphibiansKeeping salamanders and newts Keeping in an aquarium Keeping in a terrarium What to look out for when making a purchase Environmental conditions Population density Handling The right dietReproductionSexing Triggers for mating Deposition and development of eggs Development of the larvae Metamorphosis Raising freshly metamorphosed tailed amphibians The right diet for terrestrial juvenilesSalamanders, laws and ethics Amphibian decline and keeping salamanders - a contradiction? Laws governing the keeping of newts and salamanders Individual identification and markingDiseases of salamanders and newts How to recognise a sick tailed amphibianMost common diseasesMedical care for diseased tailed amphibiansSpecies accounts of tailed amphibians (Urodela) Salamanders and newts, Salamandridae Calotriton asper (Pyrenean Newt) Cynops cyanurus (Blue-tailed Fire-bellied Newt) Cynops ensicauda (Sword-tailed Newt) Cynops orientalis (Chinese Fire-bellied Newt) Cynops pyrrhogaster (Japanese Fire-bellied Newt) Euproctus platycephalus (Sardinian Newt) Laotriton laoensis (Laos Warty Newt) Lissotriton italicus (Italian Newt) Lissotriton vulgaris (Smooth Newt) Lyciasalamandra billae (Bille's Salamander) Mertensiella caucasica (Caucasian Salamander) crocatus (Lake Urmia Newt) Neurergus kaiseri (Luristan Newt) Neurergus strauchii (Anatolia Newt) Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) Ommatotriton ophryticus (Northern Banded Newt) Ommatotriton vittatus (Southern Banded Newt) Pachytriton sp. (Paddle-tailed Newt) Paramesotriton chinensis (Chinese Warty Newt) Pleurodeles waltl (Ribbed newt) Salamandra atra, Salamandra lanzai (Alpine Salamanders) Salamandra salamandra, Salamandra algira, Salamandra corsica, Salamandra infraimmaculata (Fire Salamanders) Salamandrina perspicillata, Salamandrina