Not a great pic, as it was dark already and he was moving. But the most exciting part of the day. We met a couple of these on an evening walk tonight on the rocky banks of the Neckar river. This one did a short travel to the house we are staying at to be (visually) adored by children. Later returned to his original dwelling place - that involved climbing some dark forest stairs with a flashlight. Both children and salamander were fine.
Also tagging it for get-pused challenge from @salza : patterns
