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Definition of Slender salamander
1. Noun. Any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Salamander
Group relationships: Batrachoseps, Genus Batrachoseps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slender Salamander
Literary usage of Slender salamander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"This graceful, slender salamander does not appear to be particularly rare about
the lake, although it is not often seen. October 7, 1906, four were obtained ..."
2. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey (1868)
"slender salamander. Not abundant. Frequents similar rocky land as the above, and
is found associated with it. ..."
3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"[slender salamander.] Lemon yellow; many black spots on sides, also a median
series on back, none on belly; tail keeled, very long, ..."
4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"MUD PUPPY, WATER DOG, or MUD EEL, a long, slender salamander that lives in ponds
and streams of America. It differs from nearly all the other salamanders in ..."
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