Jose B. Ruiz / Marbled newt {Triturus marmoratus} close-up of head, Picos de Europa, Spain.

Nature Production / Sendai salamander (Hynobius nigrescens) in egg, about to hatch, Tochigi, Japan

S. Zankl / Male Great / Northern Crested Newt, (Triturus cristatus) in frogspawn, Germany

Jane Burton / Axolotl {Siredon / Ambystoma mexicanum} albino, captive.

David Welling / Sierra newt {Taricha torosa} Yosemite NP, California USA, North America

Philippe Clement / Alpine newt underwater {Triturus alpestris} Belgium

David Kjaer / Great crested newt {Triturus cristatus} female swimming. UK.

Doug Wechsler / Red spotted newt, red eft stage {Notophthalmus viridescens} PA, USA.

Todd Pusser / Red spotted / Eastern newt {Notophthalamus viridescens}, North Carolina, USA.

S. Zankl / Male Great / Northern Crested Newt, (Triturus cristatus) in frogspawn, Germany

S. Zankl / Close up of skin and crest of male Great / Northern Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) Germany

S. Zankl / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) eating frogspawn, Germany

Hans Christoph Kappel / Striped European (fire) salamander (Salamandra salamandra) Germany

S. Zankl / Close up of female Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) laying egg onto leaf, Germany

Jerry Monkman / Red-Spotted Newt {Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens} Red eft stage. Green Mountains, Vermont, USA

Bert Willaert / Portrait of a Marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus), Portugal, April.

Will Watson / Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) tadpole, mid development, captive, Herefordshire, England, August

Bernard Castelein / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris), Brasschaat, Belgium, September.

John Cancalosi / Red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) red eft or terrestrial phase, New York, USA, July.

Barry Mansell / Marbled salamander {Ambystoma opacum} W Florida, USA, North America

Pete Oxford / Salamander {Bolitoglossa sp} on leaf, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Jose B. Ruiz / Head of Sharp ribbed salamander (Pleurodeles waltl) Spain Yecla, Murcia.

George McCarthy / Cave salamander {Eurycea lucifuga} C

Doug Wechsler / Spotted salamander eggs {Ambystoma maculatum} with symbiotic algae, Delaware, USA

Todd Pusser / Mud salamander {Pseudotriton montanus} resting on lichen, North Carolina, USA.

Dave Watts / European / Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) France

Fabio Liverani / Corsican Mountain Salamander (Euproctus montanus), Corsica Island, France

Jane Burton / European / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) larva, captive

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / European salamander (Salamandra salamandra) on moss covered rock, Male Morske Oko Reserve, Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)migrating across a road to a breeding pond on a rainy spring night. Tompkins County, New York, USA, March.

Inaki Relanzon / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) by a waterfall in the forest, Montseny National Park, Barcelona, Spain. October 2009

S. Zankl / Portrait of male Smooth / Common Newt (Triturus vulgaris) showing orange underside, Germany

Gerrit Vyn / Northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile) crawling across the forest floor at night. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. October.

Chris Mattison / European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii) subspecies, Monte Pecoraro, Calabria, Italy, May

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eggs, Japan, September

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) in nest with eggs containing developing embryos, Japan, October

Bert Willaert / Golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica), Portugal, April.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) Hino River, Tottori, Japan, September.

John Cancalosi / Axolotl / Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), white or leucistic form, critically endangered in the wild, captive, native to Mexico

Will Watson / Two Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) tadpoles, mid development, captive, Herefordshire, England, August.

Radomir Jakubowski / Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) Bernese Alps, Switzerland, April.

Daniel Heuclin / Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) China, captive. Critically endangered.

Bert Willaert / Male Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) captive, occurs in Europe.

Bert Willaert / Male Smooth newt (Lissotrition vulgaris) captive, Europe.

Clay Bolt / Ensatina salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii) in habitat, Muir Woods, near San Francisco, California, USA, March.

Bert Willaert / Underside of a male Strinati's cave salamander (Hydromantes strinatii) showing mental gland used during courtship. Italy, April. Controlled conditions.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) male with own young in mouth. Hino river, Nichinan-chou, Tottori, Japan, March.

Chris Mattison / Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium)eating earth worm, captive occurs in South and Central USA.

Chris Mattison / Yellow-eyed Salamander (Ensatina eschschotzii) San Mateo County, California, USA, April.

Daniel Heuclin / Mississippi Slimy Salamander (Plethodon mississippii) close-up in profile. Controlled conditions. Montevallo, Alabama, USA, November.

Chris Mattison / Long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) Oregon, USA, April.