Salamander is pronounced ní yú.

Salamander, animal name. Vertebrates subphylum Amphibia, order Cnidaria. The salamander is similar to a newt in appearance, with a long, flat body, rounded head, small eyes, large mouth, short limbs, four toes on the front limbs, and five toes on the back limbs. It inhabits caves along the banks of streams and preys on frogs and fish. Can climb the tree to eat pepper skin, body odor slightly pepper flavor, because its voice like a baby crying. It is also known as "baby fish".

Explanation of the name

The baby fish is an amphibian in the family Cryptobranchus. The largest existing amphibian, China's second class of protected animals.

Collection and Processing

People catch the salamander and tie it to a tree, and beat it with a whip until the white juice on its body runs out, so that it can be eaten, otherwise, it is poisonous and cannot be eaten.

Taste

Sweet and poisonous.

Effects and Indications

It can cure infectious diseases.

Citation and Explanation

Han - Liu Xiang "Saying Yuan - Miscellaneous Words": "In the past, Nanxiaozi passed Chengbenzi , Benzi for cooking salamander fish."

Northern Wei - Li Daoyuan "Water Classic Note - Yishui": "Guangzhi" said: 'salamander fish sound like a small child 嗁, have four feet, shaped like 鱧, can be cured cattle, out of Yishui also.' The fish is also known as the "man-fish" (人鱼) by Sima Qian. Sima Qian called the mermaid. The Records of the Grand Historian said: 'The burial of the first emperor was also, with mermaid paste for the candle.' Xu Guang said: 'The mermaid looks like a fish and has four feet.' That is, the salamander."

The giant salamander, also known as the baby fish, belongs to the amphibian class, the order of the caudate and the family of cryptogamous salamanders, and is a large amphibian specialty of China. It is a large amphibian specialty of China. It has been listed as one of the two types of important protected animals. The body surface is bare, the skin is smooth, and the whole body is covered with irregular dots or patches of greenish-gray pigment, and the color of the body often changes due to changes in the environment.

The abdomen is grayish-white, the head is broad and flat, the mouth is roughly semicircular, with sharp teeth for eating food. Juveniles have gills and breathe through them, while adults have reduced gills and breathe through the lungs. No eyelids, one nostril on each side, with a pair of front and hind limbs, four toes on the front limbs and five toes on the hind limbs. There is a genital pore between the abdomen of the two hind limbs, the outer end of which coincides with the excretory pore.