A robust short-tailed nocturnal salamander that has black skin with bright red, orange, and yellow markings, native to upland forests of Europe, north-western Africa, and south-western Asia.
真螈，火蝾螈
Salamandra salamandra, family Salamandridae
Example sentencesExamples
The beautiful fire salamander, with its black body that is covered with reddish-orange or yellow uneven spots, is an amazing sight to see.
The skin of the fire salamander takes in both air and water.
Everyone stopped to form wide circles around several fire salamanders that crossed our path.
These brilliant colors are a warning to other animals that the fire salamander is not palatable.
Fire Salamanders have a scattered and discontinuous range over large areas of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
Definition of fire salamander in US English:
fire salamander
noun
A robust short-tailed nocturnal salamander that has black skin with bright red, orange, and yellow markings, native to upland forests of Europe, northwestern Africa, and southwestern Asia.
真螈，火蝾螈
Salamandra salamandra, family Salamandridae
Example sentencesExamples
Fire Salamanders have a scattered and discontinuous range over large areas of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
These brilliant colors are a warning to other animals that the fire salamander is not palatable.
The beautiful fire salamander, with its black body that is covered with reddish-orange or yellow uneven spots, is an amazing sight to see.
Everyone stopped to form wide circles around several fire salamanders that crossed our path.
The skin of the fire salamander takes in both air and water.