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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.
A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts, however.
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is very granular because of the number of poison glands. They also lack nasolabial grooves.
The red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland salamander species in the family Plethodontidae. It is also known as the redback salamander , [ 3 ] eastern red-backed salamander , [ 3 ] or the northern red-backed salamander to distinguish it from the southern red-backed salamander ( Plethodon serratus ).
Family: Salamandridae (true salamanders and newts) Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra LC; Penibetic salamander, Salamandra longirostris [2] Corsican fire salamander, Salamandra corsica LC ; Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra LC (France, the Alps, and Balkans) Lanza's alpine salamander, Salamandra lanzai VU
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander under the Endangered Species Act in June 2022. ... they quickly noticed huge genetic differences in ...
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.
Two such paths, the Atlantic Flyway and the Mississippi Flyway, overlap above Ohio. Of the nearly 2,000 species of birds that live in North America, 450 have been documented visiting the state.