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Plethodontidae

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Noun1.Plethodontidae - small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
family Plethodontidae
amphibian family - any family of amphibians
Caudata, order Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
genus Plethodon, Plethodon - type genus of the Plethodontidae
lungless salamander, plethodont - mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water
Desmograthus, genus Desmograthus - an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
Aneides, genus Aneides - climbing salamanders
Batrachoseps, genus Batrachoseps - slender salamanders
genus Hydromantes, Hydromantes - web-toed salamanders
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Northeastern Alabama supports a high diversity of salamanders, approximately twenty-eight species represented by five families (Ambystomidae, Crytobranchidae, Plethodontidae, Proteidae, and Salamandridae).
Biological Sciences by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
Junaluska and Peaks of Otter Salamanders The southeastern United States is a biodiversity hotspot for amphibians, (347) particularly species belonging to the Plethodontidae family, a phylogenetic group of lungless salamanders that first evolved in the Southern Appalachians.
A case study on successes and failures in challenging logging ... by Hartt, Laura / Environmental Law
About 60 percent of all salamanders belong to a lineage called the Plethodontidae, which lack lungs.
Amphibia Fading by Mattoon, Ashley / World Watch
 
 
 
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