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larval gills even as adults.
Gills are
absent in all
other adult plethodontids.
Plethodontids possess costal grooves on the
trunk of
their bodies.
These help...
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Batrachoseps is a
genus of
lungless salamanders (
plethodontids)
often called slender salamanders. They can be
distinguished from
other lungless salamanders...
- lobe-finned fish. Some
salamanders in the
genus Aneides and
certain plethodontids climb trees and have long limbs,
large toepads and
prehensile tails...
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slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) is a
species of
terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout much of the
eastern two-thirds of the United...
- with
bronze and
reddish spots covering its 2-inch length. Like
other plethodontids it
lacks lungs and
breathes through its skin,
which it must keep moist...
- tree-climbing species, it is prehensile. The tail is also used by
certain plethodontid salamanders that can jump, to help
launch themselves into the air. The...
- po****tion in
central Mississippi. Mud
salamanders are
rarely seen
plethodontids that
inhabit muddy wetland and
riparian habitats. Mud
salamanders don’t...
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elevations and cold
temperatures atypical of
habitats for most
other plethodontids. It is
threatened by
habitat loss. IUCN SSC
Amphibian Specialist Group...
- (plēthṓra), πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), πληθυσμός (plēthusmós) pleroma,
plethodontid, plethora, plethoric, plethysm, plethysmograph,
plethysmometry ple- sail...
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embedded within the tongue.
Analogous bones exists in
chameleons and
plethodontids,
which allow rapid propulsion of the tongue. A
hyoid entoglossal process...
