1. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
   "The spotted salamander's bright markings warned predators of its toxicity";
   - fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa
    
2. Glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots
   "The spotted salamander emerged on rainy spring nights to breed";
   - Ambystoma maculatum

Derived forms: spotted salamanders

Type of: ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, salamander

Part of: genus Salamandra, Salamandra

Encyclopedia: Spotted salamander