Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

The study, "Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North ...

The Klamath-Siskiyou region is world-renowned for its rich biodiversity; some of the plants and animals that live only here — such as the Siskiyou Mountains salamander and the closely related Scott ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol discovered that ancient frog ancestors survived the biggest mass extinction of ...

The Shenandoah salamander is a small, exclusively terrestrial salamander that is found on three mountain ridges within Shenandoah National Park. Individuals can occur in two color phases (one with a ...

Salamanders and lizards cannot survive in the other’s habitat. Lizards typically live in dry, terrestrial environments ...

Jaeger, R. G. Potential extinction through competition between two species of terrestrial salamanders. Evolution 24, 632–642 (1970). Jaeger, R. G. Moisture as a factor influencing the ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.