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I don't think these guys eat snails, though I could be wrong. 67.140.192.16 00:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)i understand that snails are VERY important to the diet of the juvinelle salamander[reply]

Why hands in the photo?[edit]

The text says it should never be touched by human hands. The photo shows one on someone's hands. A little inconsistent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.169.11.103 (talk) 01:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The photo in the hands should be removed. The oil from human hands burns their skin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.158.175.80 (talk) 03:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"I" Statements[edit]

This should be removed "The Spotted Salamander also live underneath small plastic ponds and that is where I found mine. They are really big." 24.97.230.243 (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photosythesis[edit]

The article and reference mentioned they are photosynthetic, but semantically this is not true. They are hosts to symbiotic algae. Their genes do not code for chlorophyll.Gigemag76 (talk) 01:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found out that this spotted salamander had been in the same place for over SIX weeks!!! This salamander had been stuck between a concrete floor and a concrete wall at the bottom of an outside stairwell. Only the back legs and the tail were showing...it had not moved its position in all of that time. When I pulled it out (nudging it slowly) it was very sticky and a bit firm with no movement and shiny looking, but could tell it still had 'life'...it was not stiff. On the walk to the woods it squirmed and I dropped it onto the grass...picked it up and continued..no more movement...I brought water and poured it over the salamander ...and picked it back up to move it closer to a murky log/swampy area and it was not so 'firm'...the body had limped a bit. After going back to the log later, it was gone...hopefully it went into a area... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.4.144 (talk) 11:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not the only one?[edit]

According to the article, this species is “the only known example of vertebrate cells hosting an endosymbiont microbe”. Isn’t Hynobius nigrescens another one now? See https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pre.12173 palpalpalpal (talk) 18:30, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]