Facts SALAMANDER is the common name for about 320 species of Amphibians with tails. They include all the members of the order Caudata, including the newts (family Salamandridae). Salamanders occur mainly in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They do not occur in Australia or south of the Sahara in Africa   and are rare in South America.      The name Salamander comes from an old Arabish word meaning "lives in fire", stemming from an   old belief, false of course, that the salamander could walk through fire and remain unharmed, One Salamander has thereby got his name, Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra).   Handling When handling with salamanders or newts especially the little ones, use extreme causion, they can very easy get hurt, and some species is very slippy and it´s easy to drop them on the floor, don´t take them out from the terrarium to often, the salamander can very easy be stressed or come in a trauma, so let it be if it´s not necessary.   Feeding When you are feeding your pets, don´t throw in lots food, if they don´t eat everything up, then the food can pollute the water, for an example can crickets go to attack on your favourite pet and thereby harm it. That´s not so fun, give so much crickets that you think they will eat and then if there are some crickets left, remove them and give them later. And don´t give food who is bigger than your pets mouth. Food that is great for amphibians are; mealworms, waxworms, super waxworms, fruit flies, house flies, earthworms, silkworms, isopods, tubifex worms and frozen mosquito worms and sometimes frozen meat. Vitamins should also be used.