A salamander is an amphibian.

Salamander may also refer to:

In mythology

  • Salamander (legendary creature)

In arts and entertainment

In film and television and on stage

  • Salamander (anime), a video mini-series
  • Salamander (TV series), from Belgium
  • The Salamander (1916 film), an adaptation of Owen Johnson's 1913 novel
  • Salamander (film), a 1928 Soviet-German silent biopic
  • 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, also known as The Salamander, an 1863 Russian ballet

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
  • Salamander Glacier, Montana, United States
  • Salamander Point, Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands

Military

  • , various Royal Navy ships
  • , various Austrian, German and Prussian navy ships
  • Salamander of Leith (1537), a ship of the Old Scots Navy
  • Sopwith Salamander, a British First World War ground-attack biplane
  • Salamander, a nickname for the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger, a Second World War German jet; also the name of its construction program

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

Other uses

  • Salamander Energy, a former British-based oil and gas company
  • Salamander Washington DC Hotel
  • SV Salamander Türkheim, a German association football club
  • The nickname given to Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg by Winston Churchill
  • Cheat Mountain Salamander, a Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad excursion train

See also

  • The salamander letter, a 1980s-era forgery intended to discredit the Latter Day Saints movement and its founder, Joseph Smith
  • Salamanda (band), a South Korean leftfield ambient duo
  • Salamandra (disambiguation)
  • Salamandre (disambiguation)