Talk:Near Eastern fire salamander

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A fact from Near Eastern fire salamander appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 March 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the larvae of the Middle-Eastern salamander Arouss Al Ayn (pictured) are often cannibalistic?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/March.

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I found the above mentioned article as a stub and expanded it in two days from Stub to a what you see now as a C class. I would like to nominate this article for the DYK, but would like to ask Project Reptiles and Amphibians group for feedback and/or support in my decision. Will love to receive any suggestion. I'm thanking the whole project in advance!--Mishae (talk) 05:51, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Subtropical

By what criterion is ANY part of Turkey 'sub-tropical' ?Eregli bob (talk) 10:02, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Mediterranean climate is considered to be a particular variety of subtropical climate found in parts of Turkey. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:43, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So it is ... been there many times but never quite took that on board! Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:49, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]