- ... that the larvae of the Middle-Eastern salamander Arouss Al Ayn (pictured) are often cannibalistic?
- ... that although the Corsican Brook Salamander is quite common, the Sardinian Brook Salamander is considered to be an endangered species?
- ... that the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog secretes an anti-fungal protein from its skin to prevent infections by various fungi such as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis?
- ... that fossils of the temnospondyl amphibian Kourerpeton were notoriously discovered in the window of a barber's shop in Arizona?
- ... that the golden thorius, with a total length of 57 millimetres (2.2 in), is one of the largest species of Mexican pigmy salamanders?