Noun:

सालामैंडर, आग की क्रीडा, समन्दर,

salamanders's Usage Examples:

The spermatozoa thus reach the eggs in the oviducts, where they may develop entirely, some of the salamanders being viviparous.

Other newts, and many salamanders, whether terrestrial or aquatic, pair, the male embracing the female about the fore limbs or in the pelvic region, and the males of such forms are invariably devoid of ornamental secondary sexual characters; but in spite of this amplexation the same mode of fecundation by means of a spermatophore is resorted to, although it may happen that the contents of the spermatophore are absorbed direct from the cloaca of the male.

Although the lungs are present in such forms as preserve the gills throughout life, it is highly remarkable that quite a number of abranchiate salamanders, belonging mostly to the subfamilies Desmognathinae and Plethodontinae, are devoid of lungs and breathe entirely by the skin and by the bucco-pharyngeal mucose membrane (20).

tiger salamanders are still found.

Salamanders, far from being able to withstand the action of fire, as was believed by the ancients, are only found in damp places, and emerge in misty weather only or after thunderstorms, when they may appear in enormous numbers in localities where at other times their presence would not be suspected.

Cope (16) regarded the Apoda as the extremes of a line of degeneration from the Salamanders, with Amphiuma as one of the annectent forms. In the opinion of P. and F.

In addition Cuvier accepts the Linnaean subdivisions of Amphibia-Reptilia for the tortoises, lizards (including crocodiles), salamanders and frogs; and Amphibia-Serpentes for the snakes, apodal lizards and Caeciliae.

AMPHIBIA, a zoological term originally employed by Linnaeus to denote a class of the Animal Kingdom comprising crocodiles, lizards and salamanders, snakes and Caeciliae, tortoises and turtles and frogs; to which, in the later editions of the Systema N aturae he added some groups of fishes.

Salamanders, toads and frogs are numerous, and crocodiles abound.

There are apparently no salamanders or tailed Amphibia.

Synonyms:

fire salamander, dicamptodon, hellbender, amphibian, mud puppy, lungless salamander, European fire salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus, congo eel, blind eel, amphiuma, Proteus anguinus, alpine salamander, dusky salamander, dicamptodontid, Salamandra maculosa, congo snake, Necturus maculosus, western red-backed salamander, Plethodon vehiculum, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, web-toed salamander, worm salamander, plethodont, slender salamander, ambystomid, siren, Megalobatrachus maximus, eastern red-backed salamander, olympic salamander, spotted salamander, Salamandra atra, olm, Salamandra salamandra, Pacific giant salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus, giant salamander, Plethodon cinereus, ambystomid salamander, triton, climbing salamander, newt,

Antonyms:

man,