Regarding 'Creepy Salamanders' here is one for you. I have gotten to view this painting up close at the Zurich KunstHause art Museum....

Artist: Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899)

A fair young maiden about to take a dip in an alpine stream.....

Meanwhile.....lurking under the rock outcrop.....The leering Salamander!!

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