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Despite the absence of lungs, some can grow rather large. The largest species of lungless salamanders, Bell's false brook salamander, can reach lengths of 36 cm (14 in). [5] Many species have a projectile tongue and hyoid apparatus, which they can fire almost a body length at high speed to capture prey.
Lungless salamanders use a similar method, however, both the tongue and underlying hyoid bone project (in contrast to chameleons, whose hyoid remains fixed while the fleshy portion of the tongue projects). [26] In both salamanders and chameleons, the movement is too fast and requires too much mechanical power for muscle alone to provide ...
Urspelerpes is a monotypic genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae (the lungless salamanders). [3] It is represented by a single species, the patch-nosed salamander (Urspelerpes brucei), a lungless miniature salamander found in streams of Georgia and South Carolina, United States.
The lungless salamanders, in addition to having no lungs, have long slender snake-shaped bodies with very small limbs that appear almost vestigial in several species. [1] Their main diet consists of small insects, such as springtails, small bark beetles, crickets, young snails, mites, and spiders.
Plethodon is part of the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) and the subfamily Plethodontinae.The genus Plethodon can be divided into two subgenera: the nominal subgenus Plethodon, which includes up to 49 eastern species (the bulk of diversity in the genus), and the subgenus Hightonia, [5] which includes 9 species native to the western part of North America.
P. yonahlossee is a large Southern Appalachian woodland salamander typically differentiated by its large size and its distinctive rust-colored dorsum.As with all other members of the genus, Plethodon yonahlossee is lungless and a direct developer, meaning no larval stage is seen; instead, the young hatch into miniature adults, and fully metamorphosed adult individuals are characterized by a ...
The Channel Islands slender salamander likely eats an assortment of small invertebrates, such as earthworms, small slugs, terrestrial arthropods, and numerous insects, including insect larvae. It is probable that they use a projectile tongue to capture prey above and below ground. [3]
Bolitoglossa is a genus of lungless salamanders, also called mushroom-tongued salamanders, [1] tropical climbing salamanders, [2] or web-footed salamanders, [3] in the family Plethodontidae. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Their range is between northern Mexico through Central America to Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , northeastern Brazil , and central ...