What is Fire salamander?
{{Speciesbox |name = Fire salamander |image = Salamandra salamandra MHNT 1.jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Kuzmin, S. | author2 = Papenfuss, T. | author3 = Sparreboom, M. | author4 = Ugurtas, I.H. | author5 = Anderson, S. | author6 = Beebee, T. | author7 = Denoël, M. | author8 = Andreone, F. | author8-link = :it: Franco Andreone | author9 = Anthony, B. | author10 = Schmidt, B. | author11 = Ogrodowczyk, A. | author12 = Ogielska, M. | author13 = Bosch, J. | author14 = Tarkhnishvili, D. | author15 = Ishchenko, V. | title = ''Salamandra salamandra'' | volume = 2009 | page = e.T59467A11928351 | date = 2009 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59467A11928351.en }}</ref> |genus = Salamandra |species = salamandra |authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) |synonyms = * ''Lacerta salamandra'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> |range_map = SalamandraSalamandraMap.png |range_map_caption = Distribution of fire salamander }} The '''fire salamander''' (''Salamandra salamandra'') is a species of [[salamander]] which can be found in [[Europe]]. It is black and has different kinds of yellow spots or stripes. Some salamanders are mostly black while others are mostly yellow. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear. They either mix with the yellow, or replace it completely. This depends on the subspecies. Fire salamanders can have a very long life. In the German natural history museum of Alexander Koenig a salamander lived more than 50 years. == Where they live and what they eat == Fire salamanders live in [[forests]] in the hilly parts of southern and central Europe. They prefer [[deciduous]] forests. They like to hide in the fallen leaves or mossy tree trunks. They need clean small [[brook]]s (small rivers) in their [[habitat]]. This is for the development of the larvae. Both on land and in the water, Fire salamanders are hard to notice. <!-- Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are inconspicuous.--> They spend much of