Usage examples (34)

• There are three types left on the planet-the Japanese and Chinese giant salamanders and a much smaller American giant salamander called the hellbender
• A newt -- aka a hellbender or mud puppy -- is a slimy amphibian with an uncanny ability to reinvent itself by regenerating limbs, eyes, jaws, a spinal cord, even its heart.
• Salamanders, which thrive in moist environments that keep their skin wet, number 2 dozen species, from the pigmy salamander that is less than 2 inches at maturity to the...
• From looking much like a salamander or hellbender, the final instar librarian matures into a toadlike being.