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Definition of Plethodontidae
1. Noun. Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Caudata, Order Caudata, Order Urodella, Urodella
Member holonyms: Genus Plethodon, Plethodon, Lungless Salamander, Plethodont, Desmograthus, Genus Desmograthus, Aneides, Genus Aneides, Batrachoseps, Genus Batrachoseps, Genus Hydromantes, Hydromantes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plethodontidae
Literary usage of Plethodontidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"Plethodontidae Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil., 1866, 105. ... of the coal
measures, and distinguish the genus from other Plethodontidae. ..."
2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"2, pl. 1. TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Cushman, Washington. RANGE : The Olympic Mts.
Washington Plethodontidae (FAMILY) Batrachoseps (GENUS) BONAPARTE, ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"57. The Birds of Palestine and Panama Compared. Amer. Nat. Vol. II. 1869. 58.
A Review of the Species of the Plethodontidae and ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"Plethodontidae Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil., 1866, 105. ... of the coal
measures, and distinguish the genus from other Plethodontidae. ..."
5. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"2, pl. 1. TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Cushman, Washington. RANGE : The Olympic Mts.
Washington Plethodontidae (FAMILY) Batrachoseps (GENUS) BONAPARTE, ..."
6. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"57. The Birds of Palestine and Panama Compared. Amer. Nat. Vol. II. 1869. 58.
A Review of the Species of the Plethodontidae and ..."
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