Other woodland lungless salamanders include the slimy salamander, known by its white-flecked black body, large size (six inches) and the copious amounts of sticky mucous it produces when handled. The ...

There are less than 1,000 in the wild—but millions in captivity. Even though all salamanders feel slimy, this species takes it to another level. These creatures can emit a glue-like substance ...

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With a ball cap, camo pants and two BB guns on his waist, he scans the water that knocked the house off its foundation. He reaches his hand into the shallow end of the mud up picking up a slimy, long ...

He reaches his hand into the shallow end of the mud up picking up a slimy, long semi-black salamander that wiggled its legs slowly in the early afternoon light. His grandfather, John Young ...