English > Plethodontidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | small mostly terrestrial / terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults. |
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| Synonym | family Plethodontidae |
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| Member of | Urodella, order Urodella, Caudata, order Caudata | salamanders |
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| Members | Aneides, genus Aneides | climbing salamanders |
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| Batrachoseps, genus Batrachoseps | slender salamanders |
| Desmograthus, genus Desmograthus | An amphibian genus of Plethodontidae |
| Hydromantes, genus Hydromantes | web-toed salamanders |
| Plethodon, genus Plethodon | type genus of the Plethodontidae |
| lungless salamander, plethodont | Mostly terrestrial / terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin |
| Broader | amphibian family | Any family of amphibians |
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