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Sirena maculosa Rafinesque, 1818. The common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) is a species of salamander in the family Proteidae. [3] It lives an entirely aquatic lifestyle in parts of North America in lakes, rivers, and ponds. It goes through paedomorphosis and retains its external gills. [4]
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard -like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela from the group Caudata. [2]
Description and ecology. Red-backed salamander in its habitat. The red-backed salamander is a small terrestrial salamander, 5.7–10.0 cm (2.2–3.9 in) in total length (including tail), which usually lives in forested areas under rocks, logs, bark, and other debris. [4] It is one of the most numerous salamanders throughout its range.
Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. [1][2] With over 500 species, lungless salamanders are by far the largest family of salamanders in terms of their diversity. Most species are native to the Western Hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil. Only two extant genera occur in the Eastern Hemisphere ...
The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is a common species of salamander found in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to ...
Two-toed amphiumas are the most prominent in the Amphiumidae family and the longest salamander species in the United States, [4] that can grow from 39 to 1,042 g (1.4 to 36.8 oz) in mass and from 34.8 to 116 cm (13.7 to 45.7 in) in length. [5][6][7] They have four vestigial legs that end in two toes; the number of toes is one of the primary ...
The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. [2] It and the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander (A. caryaensis) are the only currently-described members of the genus Aneides that inhabit any areas in the eastern half of United States (all other Aneides salamanders are found west of the Mississippi River).
Desmognathus fuscus is a species of amphibian in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). [2] [3] The species is commonly called the dusky salamander or northern dusky salamander to distinguish it from populations in the southern United States which form several distinct species, the southern dusky salamanders (D. auriculatus, D. valentinei). [3]