triton/salamandra

Question

Is a salamander a tritón or a salamandra in spanish. Are they one and the same? Same question regarding a newt.

Answer 1

Salamandra is the correct translation. To be honest with you, I've never heard the word "tritón" to be use for a salamander. I know that "Tritón" (en griego antiguo ?????? Tritôn) es un dios, mensajero de las profundidades marinas. Es el hijo de los dioses marinos Poseidón y Anfítrite. Suele ser representado con el torso de un humano y la cola de un pez, como la versión masculina de una sirena. --- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritón_(mitología)

Amfitrite.(Αμφιτρíτη). - faliron, Jan 13, 2012

Answer 2

Salamandra = salamander

Tritón = Newt.

If you're a fan or caudata, you'll know the difference.

The best explanation I found for the uninitiated is that you can think of the difference between salamandra - salamander / Tritón - newt as the difference between sapo - toad / rana - frog.

Kind of like the same thing, but not.

I guess the reason for my confusion is that in english, a salamander is a newt - Ricklu, Jan 13, 2012

Ahhh, but that's just It! They're not quite the same thing! If you do a bit of research, you'll find that all newts are salamanders, but not all salamanders are newts. - Gekkosan, Jan 13, 2012

And who would know better than Gekko-san!! ;)) - territurtle, Jan 13, 2012