1880 2 Oct. 174/2 The newt-like stage implies that the ancestors of the frog were at one time organized very much like the newts of to-day.
a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xviii. 478 The ‘olm’..is one of those newt-like amphibians that retain the gills throughout life.
1993 (Royal Soc.) B. 341 165/2 The primitive reptilian mode of swimming is by newt-like lateral undulation of the body and tail.