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- 3. Lungless salamanders breathe through this.
- 7. Because salamanders often live in and under logs, people in ancient times commonly thought they couldn't be harmed by this element.
- 8. When threatened, some salamanders implement this defensive posture, where they arch their back, head, and tail to reveal the underside of their body
- 9. Nicknames for this salamander include Allegheny alligator, snot otter, lasagna sides, and devil dog.
- 11. The word for the terrestrial juvenile phase of a newt.
- 12. These blind aquatic salamanders native to southern Europe were believed to be a cave dragon's offspring when they washed up from underground waters after heavy rain.
- 13. Many salamanders exhibit biofluorescence, meaning they absorb and emit this.
- 15. Many species of salamander breed seasonally in these ephemeral wetlands.
- 18. Besides Antarctica, which continent does not have any native salamander species?
- 19. Wooper, Quagsire, Clodsire, Salandit, and Mudkip are all creatures based on salamanders from what popular franchise?
- 20. The taxonomic Order that contains all living salamander species.
- 21. Salamanders in this genus are often used as a classic example of a "ring species" in California.
- 23. This body part is usually underdeveloped or absent in cave-dwelling salamanders.
- 24. Unlike lizards, salamanders lack these small keratin plates on their skin.
- 26. Salamander diversity is highest on this continent.
- 27. Salamanders in this Family, common in the southeast United States, are eel-like, with external gills, very small fore limbs and no hind limbs.
- 28. BSal is this kind of pathogen, which has caused massive declines in salamander populations across Europe.
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- 1. What celebration started by FCSal happens annually on the first Saturday in May?
- 2. The red-cheeked salamander can only be found in and around Smoky Mountains National Park, meaning it can be described as this kind of species - one whose geographic range or distribution is limited to a single given area.
- 4. Native to the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Rhyacotritonidae is a Family of semi-aquatic salamanders known as the _____ salamanders.
- 5. The largest taxonomic Family of salamanders.
- 6. Popularized by Minecraft, this critically endangered salamander species originates from Lake Xochimilco near Mexico City.
- 10. Sometimes counted to help with species identification, what are the indents along the side of salamanders called?
- 14. Many newt species produce this potent neurotoxin.
- 16. Salamander species in the genus Bolitoglossa, which range through Central and South America, are also referred to as ________-tongued salamanders.
- 17. Spotted salamanders, marbled salamanders, and tiger salamanders all belong to the genus Ambystoma, known as the _____ salamanders.
- 22. Lizards and turtles are reptiles, while frogs and salamanders are ________.
- 25. The largest species of salamander is native to which country?