Talk:Spotted salamander

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I don't think these guys eat snails, though I could be wrong. 67.140.192.16 00:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)i understand that snails are VERY important to the diet of the juvinelle salamander

Why hands in the photo?
The text says it should never be touched by human hands. The photo shows one on someone's hands. A little inconsistent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.169.11.103 (talk) 01:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

The photo in the hands should be removed. The oil from human hands burns their skin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.158.175.80 (talk) 03:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

"I" Statements
This should be removed "The Spotted Salamander also live underneath small plastic ponds and that is where I found mine. They are really big." 24.97.230.243 (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Photosythesis
The article and reference mentioned they are photosynthetic, but semantically this is not true. They are hosts to symbiotic algae. Their genes do not code for chlorophyll.Gigemag76 (talk) 01:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

I found out that this spotted salamander had been in the same place for over SIX weeks!!! This salamander had been stuck between a concrete floor and a concrete wall at the bottom of an outside stairwell. Only the back legs and the tail were showing...it had not moved its position in all of that time. When I pulled it out (nudging it slowly) it was very sticky and a bit firm with no movement and shiny looking, but could tell it still had 'life'...it was not stiff. On the walk to the woods it squirmed and I dropped it onto the grass...picked it up and continued..no more movement...I brought water and poured it over the salamander ...and picked it back up to move it closer to a murky log/swampy area and it was not so 'firm'...the body had limped a bit. After going back to the log later, it was gone...hopefully it went into a area... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.4.144 (talk) 11:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Not the only one?
According to the article, this species is “the only known example of vertebrate cells hosting an endosymbiont microbe”. Isn’t Hynobius nigrescens another one now? See https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pre.12173 palpalpalpal (talk) 18:30, 16 September 2019 (UTC)