Colorful salamander (4)
I believe the answer is:
newt
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">colorful salamander</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for newt that I've seen before include "Went (anag.)" , "legless for a start" , "Went to find kind of water lizard" , "Small often colourful salamander of the Northern Hemisphere" , "Went to find a sort of eft" .)