web-toed salamander — noun any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces • Hypernyms: ↑salamander • Hyponyms: ↑Shasta salamander, ↑Hydromantes shastae, ↑limestone… … Useful english dictionary
Hydromantes — Taxobox name = Web toed Salamanders regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Caudata familia = Plethodontidae genus = Hydromantes genus authority = Gistel, 1848 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See table. Hydromantes … Wikipedia
lungless salamander — ▪ amphibian any of more than 370 species of lungless amphibians dependent largely on cutaneous respiration (gas exchange through moistened skin). Plethodontidae is the largest group of salamanders (salamander), and its members occur… … Universalium
genus Hydromantes — noun web toed salamanders • Syn: ↑Hydromantes • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Plethodontidae, ↑family Plethodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hydromantes — noun web toed salamanders • Syn: ↑genus Hydromantes • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Plethodontidae, ↑family Plethodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Terrestrial locomotion — [ horse an erect stanced unguligrade quadruped with a galloping gait. An animation of photos by Eadweard Muybridge] Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments. Locomotion on land raises… … Wikipedia
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Coeur d'Alene Salamander — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Great American Interchange — The Great American Interchange was an important paleozoogeographic event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea… … Wikipedia
Decline in amphibian populations — The Golden toad of Monteverde, Costa Rica, was among the first casualties of amphibian declines. Formerly abundant, it was last seen in 1989. Dramatic declines in amphibian populations, including population crashes and mass localized extinctions … Wikipedia
Eurycea — Brook Salamanders Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia