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 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 ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that ...

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 ...

Some salamanders live far from open water Although many species keep close to woodland streams, various groups of terrestrial ...

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 ...

2012b. Short-term forest management effects on a long-lived ectotherm. PLoS ONE 7(7):e40473. 8 MacNeil, J.E. and R.N.Williams. 2014. Effects of timber harvests and silvicultural edges on terrestrial ...

Salamanders may have cells that are poised ... extreme structures like limbs and we all know that it's the only terrestrial animal that can regrow a limb and the only vertebrate that can regrow ...