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A salamander is an amphibian defined by the presence of a tail and their resemblance to lizards.

Salamander may also refer to:

In mythology

• Salamander (legendary creature)

In arts and entertainment

In film, television, and stage

• Salamander (anime), a video mini-series
• Salamander (TV series), from Belgium
• Salamander (film), a 1928 Soviet-German silent biopic film
• The Salamander (1971 film), a Swiss film directed by Alain Tanner
• The Salamander (1981 film), starring Anthony Quinn
• A fictional character in the Doctor Who serial The Enemy of the World
• Fiametta, a ballet also known as The Salamander, first presented in 1863

In gaming

• Salamander (video game), a scrolling shooter arcade game
  • Salamander 2, its sequel
• Salamander (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional creature
• Salamanders (Warhammer 40,000), a fictional military force

In literature

• The Salamander, a novel by Owen Johnson that was also adapted into films
• Salamander (novel), 2002, by Thomas Wharton
• Salamander: A Miscellany of Poetry, a 1947 anthology
• Salamander, a literary magazine at Suffolk University
• The nickname of fictional character Natsu Dragneel in the manga Fairy Tail
• The nickname of fictional character Honor Harrington

In music

• An album by Doug Gillard
• A song by Ellegarden on their album Eleven Fire Crackers
• A song by Jethro Tull on their album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!

Places

• Salamander Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
• The Salamander Glacier, Montana, United States
• Salamander Point, Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands

Ships

• Salamander of Leith (1537), a ship of the Old Scots Navy
• HMS Salamander, any of several Royal Navy ships
• HMS Salamander (1778), British Royal Navy fireship, convict transport to Australia, whaler, and slave ship

Technology

• Salamander (metallurgy), materials in the hearth of a blast furnace below its tap hole
• Salamander heater, a portable space heater
• Salamander broiler, a type of grilling equipment
• Altap Salamander, file management software
• Alvis Salamander, a fire engine
• Sopwith Salamander, a First World War aircraft
• Salamander, code name for the construction program for the Heinkel He 162, a Second World War German jet aircraft
• Salamander, a .NET decompiler

Other uses

• Salamander Energy, a British-based oil and gas company
• SV Salamander Türkheim, a German association football club
• The nickname given by Winston Churchill to Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg

See also

• The salamander letter, a 1980s-era forgery intended to discredit the Latter Day Saints movement and its founder, Joseph Smith
• La Salamandre (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages