Meaning | small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia. |
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Synonym | triton |
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Member of | Salamandridae, family Salamandridae | salamanders |
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Narrower | Pacific newt | Any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America |
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common newt, Triturus vulgaris | small semiaquatic salamander |
eft | A newt in its terrestrial / terrestrial stage / stage of development |
red eft, Notophthalmus viridescens | Red terrestrial / terrestrial form of a common North American newt |
Broader | salamander | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed |
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Spanish | salamandra acuática, tritón |
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Catalan | tritó |
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