Meaning | Any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces. |
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Member of | Hydromantes, genus Hydromantes | web-toed salamanders |
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Narrower | Shasta salamander, Hydromantes shastae | primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area |
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limestone salamander, Hydromantes brunus | Similar to Shasta salamander |
Broader | salamander | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed |
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