Images of Different Types of Salamanders

Fat Tiger Salamander

Chinese Giant Salamander

Arboreal Salamander

California Giant Salamander

 When I am looking at the different types of Salamanders, it never occurred to me that a Salamander could be as big as a human.  Instead of a 150 gallon tank, I would need to buy a house just for the Salamander.  To the left is a fat tiger salamander.

As per wikipedia,

The hellbender and Asian giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae) are aquatic amphibians found in brooks and ponds in the United States, China, and Japan. They are the largest living amphibians known today. The Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), for example, reaches up to 1.44 metres (4.7 ft), feeds on fish and crustaceans, and has been known to live for more than 50 years in captivity. The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) can reach a length of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft).

Large Blotched Salamander

Monterey Salamander

  The Arboreal Salamander better known as Aneides lugubris  It has rusty markings on the snout, tail, and on sides above the forelimbs. The male of this species can be distinguished by its broad triangular head, with the front teeth of the jaw extending beyond the bottom lip.

This species is an excellent climber and difficult to capture. It is nocturnal, spending daylight hours and dry periods in the cavities of oak trees, often with many other individuals of its species.

The California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) is a species of salamander in the Dicamptodontidae family. It is endemic to California, in the western United States. 

Red Back Salamander

The Large Blotched Salamander  and the Monterey Ensatina, can be found in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and the California coastal mountains. They reach a total length of three to five inches, and can be identified primarily by the structure of the tail, and how it is narrower at the base. This salamander is the only type that has this tail structure and five toes on the back feet.

Males often have longer tails than the females, and many of the salamanders have lighter colored limbs in comparison to the rest of the body. The salamanders lay their eggs underground, often in threes, which then hatch directly into salamanders, skipping the usual aquatic phase.

The red back salamander  is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America; west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota. It is also known as the Northern redback salamander to distinguish it from the Southern redback salamander. The red-backed salamander is found mostly in two color variations: the nominate red variety, 'redback', as well as a darker phase known as the 'leadback' which lacks most or all of the red pigmentation found in the red phase.

Sierra Nevada Salamander

The Sierra Nevada Salamander, as I have just researched and discovered, is in the same class as the Large Blotched and Monterey Salamander.  There isn't too much additional information that I could find.  If you come across something new, please pass it along.

Siskiyou Salamander

Speckled Black Salamander

Known species of Salamanders in Florida

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/checklist/salamanders.htm

The Siskiyou Mountains salamander is rich brown in color with white speckles. It is approximately 9 cm (4 in) long, not counting the tail, which is variable in length. Like all of the plethodontids it lacks lungs and respires through its moist skin. It is nocturnal, prefers cool, moist environments, and is most active during rainfall or high humidity. It stays underground during hot periods and freezes.

The spotted salamander is about 6–7.5 inches (15–19 cm) long. The spotted salamander's main color is black, but can sometimes be a blueish black, dark grey,dark green, or even dark brown. There are two rows of yellowish orange spots that run from the top of the head (near the eyes) to the tip of the tail. These rows are uneven. Interestingly, the spotted salamander's spots near the top of the head are more orange, while the spots on the rest of its body are more yellow. The underside of the spotted salamander is slate gray and pink.