Lungless Salamander (Noun)
Meaning
Mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The lungless salamander spends most of its life on the moist forest floor where it hunts for invertebrate prey.
- Only during intense rainfall do lungless salamanders venture into small puddles or flooded low-lying areas.
- Some species of lungless salamanders migrate to higher elevations to breed and lay eggs in cool, moist places.
- Lungless salamanders absorb oxygen from the air through their permeable skin as they slowly crawl across the leaf-covered ground.
- Despite rarely entering water, the lungless salamander's skin remains thin and moist to facilitate gas exchange during metabolism.