Colorful salamander (4)
I believe the answer is:
newt
'colorful salamander' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(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" .)