Fire Salamander Zombie

Fire Salamander Zombie is a rare, very powerful and dangerous zombie, being classified as a half-boss. All his attacks are Fire-Element.

Bite
As a usual zombie, when close to a plant, he will start to eat it. But it deals twice damage, so Salamander will eat a normal peashooter in 3 bites.

Fire Spray
Rarely, when faced to 2 or more plants in front of him, Salamander will spray fire of his hands, setting these 2 plants on fire. Deals 10 ndb + continious burn.

Self-destruct
When being defeated, Salamander will start to shake and look in the sky. After some seconds, he will explode, spreading flames in 5x5 radius. These flames will incinerate: It is strongly recommended to pumpkin your plants, because pumpkin will save the plant inside it.
 * Any plant that has hp < 150 ndb,
 * Any winter/ice plant
 * Any projectile in that radius, except for rocky and metal projectiles.
 * Everything else except zombies.

Icy attacks and water will deal twice the damage to salamander, so it is essential to have Winter Melon.

Fire does to it four times less damage, so don't waste Jalapeno at all!

Still, takes 2 squashes/cherry bombs to defeat it.

Can be fully frozen by an Ice-Shroom or Freeze-o-peno, but can't be slowed down by Snow Pea/Winter Melon, etc.

Where to encounter
Nobody encountered it yet.

Almanac Entry
Fire Salamander Zombie 

Fire Salamander zombie explodes in a wide radius, incinerating everything alive.

Speed: Normal

Countless tiny sprites coalesce to create a single salamander. He won zombolympics - gold medal in Lava diving..

Trivia

 * When killed by a lawn mower, Salamander won't explode.
 * Extremely rare, but he can randomly burn surrounding plants.
 * Tall-nut will die of its explosion, but will save the plants behind him.