...oh, and did I mention that cold-blooded reptiles like salamanders like to rest on steel rails, since it helps them regulate their body heat?
In my neck of the woods, the environazis tried to stop a DNR shooting range because the noise would disturb a "rare" salamander species a nearby pond. Nevermind that the salamander was quite common in the area and they can't hear anyway.
It took me a couple of years to figure out why I'd find, rather frequently, dead scorpions around where we'd park in the garage, or where visitors would park in the driveway....until it dawned on me that at night, the little buggers would head for the warm (by comparison) tires, and get offed when the car got moved.