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Newts and fire salamanders belong to the family Salamandridae; the crested newt is classified as Triturus cristatus and the fire salamander as Salamandra salamandra. The hellbender and the giant Japanese salamander belong to the family Cryptobranchidae and are classified as Andrias davidianus and Andrias japonicus, respectively. The smallest known salamander is a member of the lungless salamander family, Plethodontidae, and is classified as Thorius arboreus. Sirens make up the family Sirenidae; the greater siren is classified as Siren lacertina. Mud puppies belong to the family Protidae; the widest-ranging mud puppy is classified as Necturus maculosus. The tiger salamander and the axolotl belong to the family Ambystomatidae and are classified as Ambystoma tigrinum and Ambystoma mexicanum, respectively.
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Different salamander species have different life cycles, too. Some breed, lay their eggs, and hatch on land. Others, such as some newts, breed and lay eggs in the water. When the eggs hatch, the larvae grow up in the water, then return to the land as adults. Still others, such as the giant salamander Andrias sp. and the hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, spend all the stages of their life cycle in water. Lungless salamanders have eggs that hatch directly into small salamanders, skipping the larval stage entirely!
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An interesting family of salamanders is the Giant Salamander family. One specific member of this family is the hellbender salamander. Hellbenders are the only salamander in their family to live in the United States of America. Hellbenders live in fast moving streams or rivers. They are pretty big compared to the spotted salamander. They can be a whopping fifty to seventy-five centimeters long.
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In Naruto, the character Kankuro has a defensive puppet called Sanshouo, which means Salamander in Japanese. The puppet ... has a strong resemblance to its namesake. Another character is known as "Salamander" Hanzo, and can summon giant salamanders to use in battle.
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The olm is a European blind salamander related to the mud puppy. The giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) of the NW United States grows to 12 in. (30 cm) in length. The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of E United States and the so-called Congo eel (Amphiuma means) are large aquatic species. The former, of the same family as the Japanese giant salamander, grows to 20 in. (50 cm); the latter, slender and eellike in appearance, with tiny legs, may reach 30 in. (75 cm).
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