Family Plethodontidae (Noun)
Meaning
Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Members of the family Plethodontidae are primarily carnivorous and consume a variety of small invertebrates.
- The family Plethodontidae consists of approximately 436 species spread across 28 genera.
- The metamorphosis process in the family Plethodontidae typically concludes with the juvenile losing their larval gills and transforming into a respiratory skin breathing adult.
- These fully terrestrial salamanders of the family Plethodontidae do possess a remarkably distinctive gas exchange system using moist surfaces of their bodies.
- Most species of the family Plethodontidae experience hibernation in locations like under rock piles and stream beds.