order Caudata

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Related to order Caudata: order Anura, order Crocodilia, order Gymnophiona, order Squamata

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order Caudata - salamanders; newts; congo snakes

Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella

animal order - the order of animals

amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

urodele, caudate - amphibians that resemble lizards

family Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamanders

Ambystomatidae, family Ambystomatidae - New World salamanders

Cryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae - large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders

family Proteidae, Proteidae - mud puppies

Dicamptodontidae, family Dicamptodontidae - large and small highly aquatic salamanders

family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae - small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults

Amphiumidae, family Amphiumidae - congo snakes

family Sirenidae, Sirenidae - sirens

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Digit ratio has not been investigated in amphibian species within the order caudata. The aim of this project was to test for sexual differences in 2D:4D ratios in striped newts {Notophthcdmus perstriatus).

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This isolation has resulted in the development of many diverse species of amphibians in Japan; 23 species of the order Caudata and 35 species of the order Anura.

Ranavirus outbreak in North American Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana), Japan, 2008

Taxon ATV Non-ATV Control Total Class Amphibia Order Caudata Ambystoma opacum 1 0 0 1 Ambystoma texanum 10 13 7 30 Order Anura Rana utricularia 10 5 8 23 Class Reptilia Order Squamata Eumeces fasciatus 26 31 37 94 Eumeces laticeps 10 4 12 26 Scincella lateralis 42 32 42 116 Agkistrodon piscivorus 5 5 3 13 Agkistrodon contortrix 3 3 0 6 Pantherophis obsoleta 0 1 0 1 Farancia abacura 1 0 0 1 Lampropeltis getula 1 0 1 2 Nerodia erythrogaster 11 12 10 33 Nerodia fasciata 2 0 2 4 Nerodia rhombifer 0 2 0 2 Storeria dekayi 5 2 3 10 Thamnophis proximus 11 14 16 41 Total Individuals 138 124 141 403 Total Species 14 12 11 16

The effects of all-terrain vehicle use on the herpetofauna of an east Texas floodplain