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Hydromantes

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Noun1.Hydromantes - web-toed salamanders
genus Hydromantes
amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians
family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae - small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
web-toed salamander - any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
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Other long muscles allow the hydromantes salamander to launch its tongue like a projectile, a system that has previously been seen only in chameleons and frogs, according to a report in the Sept.
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