By 'Salamanders (the race)' I was meaning the salamander subset of Reptilians. The two quotes in full are:
(From the blog)
"In the years since, the reptilians have thrived. Not just Salamanders, but Gekkotah, Arkosaurs and many more scaled allies besides. The Salamanders remain at the forefront of their armies, naturally suited to combat and hot-blooded throughout."
(From the Unchartered Empires fluff, where the Salamanders, Ghekkotah and Arkosaurs subsets are described separately in different sections)
"Once warm-blooded, the curse of Winter was to instil a chill in their hears so that they are now almost entirely reptiles themselves, being cold-blooded like their peers."
To me they both clearly pertain to the Salamander subset, as opposed to the 'Salamanders' as an army.
I understand that their blood 'burns with great heat', but that provides no evidence as to whether they are endothermic (and therefore are generating this extreme heat themselves) or ectothermic (and therefore are absorbing the extreme heat from the volcanoes to maintain hot blood). As per the conversation earlier in the thread, the majority of information points to the latter description, which is why I was confused that the blog stated they were 'hot-blooded'. Unless by 'hot-blooded' they are meaning 'cold-blooded but kept hot by the volcanoes'?
Matt Gilbert (the guy who wrote all the Salamander fluff) answered my questions on the Mantic Forum:
