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Saturday, 18 July 2026

Global Animal Guide

Order Urodela

Animals in the order Urodela on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 10 species in this order — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Pink axolotl with feathery external gills underwater

Critically Endangered

Amphibian

Axolotl

The salamander that never grows up and can regrow body parts

Chinese giant salamander with wrinkled brown skin resting on a rocky stream bed

Critically Endangered

Amphibian

Chinese Giant Salamander

World's largest amphibian

Male smooth newt in breeding dress with wavy crest swimming in a clear garden pond

Amphibian

Smooth Newt

Widespread European pond newt

Pale pinkish olm with external gills swimming in a clear limestone cave pool

Amphibian

Olm

Blind cave salamander of European karst

Mudpuppy with bushy red external gills walking on a submerged river rock

Amphibian

Mudpuppy

Fully aquatic salamander with external gills

Black spotted salamander with two rows of bright yellow spots on the forest floor

Amphibian

Spotted Salamander

The yellow-spotted salamander of eastern forests

Glossy black fire salamander with bright yellow markings on a mossy forest floor

Amphibian

Fire Salamander

The black-and-yellow salamander of European forests

Stout dark tiger salamander with yellow blotches crawling across damp soil

Amphibian

Tiger Salamander

A stout, burrowing salamander of North America

Bright orange red eft, the juvenile stage of the eastern newt, on a mossy log

Amphibian

Eastern Newt

The newt with a bright orange land stage

Large flat brown hellbender salamander with wrinkled skin on a streambed rock

Amphibian

Hellbender

North America's giant, fully aquatic salamander