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7 Cards in this Set
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sirens |
-Family Sirenidae eel like but with tiny front feet, no teeth, external gills |
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amphiumas |
-Family Amphiumidae possess back and front legs, long snouts, no external gills as adults
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mudpuppies |
-Family Proteidae short legged, external gills, tail shorter than rest of body |
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hellbenders |
-Family Cryptobranchidae flattened, folds of skin along back, completely aquatic, can reach 1.8 meters
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lungless salamander |
-Family Plethodontidae slender, short legs, breathes entirely through skin, grooves from nostrils to sides of mouth |
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newts |
-Family Salamandridae aquatic as breeding adults, some have toxic skin excretions red eft stage- reabsorbs gills, turn red (advertises toxicity) and move to land |
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mole salamander |
-Family Abistomatidae thicker bodies, good at burrowing, may be neotenic (are sexually mature, look juvenile), juveniles have external gills |
