I used to take it for granted that the salamandra aquatica was hatched, lived, and died in the water.
"The-Natural-History-of-Selborne"
White, Gilbert
The evidence of distribution here points emphatically to an Alpine origin of the genus salamandra.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff
P. Schmidti and P. salamandra are found in Carinthia, Servia, and Transylvania; and one species also inhabits the Pyrenees and another the Italian Mountains.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff