salamander

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Mexicans have plenty of spiritual animalistic icons and regional exclusives that make sense, from the endangered axolotl salamander to Xoloitzcuintle, a hairless dog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

But like the axolotl, the salamander she studied, this program is critically endangered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

Aztec legend has it that the creature is a god in salamander form - the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, disguised as a salamander.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

Sena Ishikawa and Saki Anan, master’s students studying giant salamanders at Kyoto University, washing a caught salamander to prepare it for DNA sampling and having a chip implanted for tracking.Credit...

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Like a small, striped snake, like a salamander, or a squirrel maybe, or a raccoon, something quick, little, harmless, and desperate, she slid, crept, wiggled underneath the sides of the summer house.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich