Sentences with phrase «aquatic salamander»

It might be hard to imagine, but there is one aquatic salamander about which I must give some words of caution: the Amphiuma (this is both the common and genus name).

Mudpuppies have the largest distribution of any fully aquatic salamander, but their populations in the Great Lakes region have declined.

Aquatic salamanders and newts inspire awe and wonder, and retailers would be wise to consider them a must - have in their aquatics section.

Of the aquatic salamanders, axolotls are a Mexican mountain lake denizen with beautiful feathery external gills and beatific personalities.

Captivating Creatures There are some other fully aquatic salamanders that fall a little more far afield of the Woolworth's contingent, and they can be some pretty spectacular aquarium denizens.

Not exact matches

Tiger salamander eggs are laid in the late winter or early spring, and like other salamanders, and their cousins the frogs and toads, their larvae are fully aquatic with external gills and fishlike tails.

Surprisingly, the measurements showed that not only the terrestrial adult salamanders, but also the fully aquatic juvenile salamanders — and even the lungfish, which are completely maladapted to aerial hearing — were able to detect airborne sound despite not having a tympanic middle ear.

One, Timonya annae (tih - MOAN - yuh ann - AYE), was a small, fully aquatic amphibian with fangs and gills, looking something like a cross between a modern Mexican salamander and an eel.

The remaining canals, located in the southern district of Xochimilco, are polluted and overrun with invasive carp and tilapia, which eat axolotl eggs and devour aquatic plants, destroying the banks where the salamanders once thrived.

In 2010, the Center for Biological Diversity completed a 1,145 - page, peer - reviewed petition to protect 404 Southeast aquatic species under the Endangered Species Act, including the Florida sandhill crane; MacGillivray's seaside sparrow; Alabama map turtle; hellbender salamander; Black warrior waterdog; rabbitsfoot, sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels; Cape Sable orchid; and Eastern black rail.

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That's our shorthand for the range of amphibians that the famed five - and - dime retailer was famous for stocking when we were kids: inexpensive aquatic frogs and salamanders, as well as hermit crabs and the like.

Its small size makes it perfect for offices and bedrooms, with an ideal amount of space for small ground - dwelling lizards, geckos, arboreal or aquatic frogs, newts, salamanders, toads and many invertebrates.

I do hope that someday the international ban might be lifted, both because I fear for the wellbeing of wild salamanders around the planet and because my favorites are two European animals: the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), a terrestrial animal of vivid black and yellow coloration and an outgoing temperament, and the crested newt (Triturus cristatus), an aquatic newt in which the males develop a spectacular Godzilla - like crest when in breeding mode.

Salamanders A broad family, the salamanders range from the common fish tank denizens like firebellied and eastern newts to the gorgeous terrestrial tiger and fire salamanders, to the completely aquatic tiger, relatives to the axolotls, to the giant and fearsome looking hSalamanders A broad family, the salamanders range from the common fish tank denizens like firebellied and eastern newts to the gorgeous terrestrial tiger and fire salamanders, to the completely aquatic tiger, relatives to the axolotls, to the giant and fearsome looking hsalamanders range from the common fish tank denizens like firebellied and eastern newts to the gorgeous terrestrial tiger and fire salamanders, to the completely aquatic tiger, relatives to the axolotls, to the giant and fearsome looking hsalamanders, to the completely aquatic tiger, relatives to the axolotls, to the giant and fearsome looking hellbenders.

White's tree frogs, tiger salamanders, and aquatic newts are others that prove equally rewarding both as pets and as inventory.