Lab Test 1 - Caudata (Salamanders And Newts) Flashcards
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common Name: Lesser Siren
Scientific Name: Siren intermedia
Family: Sirenidae (Sirens and Dwarf Sirens)
Characteristic: No hind limbs
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Hellbender
Scientific name: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Characteristics: A pair of lateral gill openings; body skin wrinkled with a lateral fold
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Common Mudpuppy
Scientific name: Necturus maculosus
Family: Proteidae (Olm, Mudpuppies and Waterdogs)
Characters: A pair of bushy external gills, body skin smooth
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Common name: 3-toed amphiuma
Scientific name: N/A
Family: Amphiumidae
Characteristics: Tiny fore and hind limbs
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Common name: Marbled Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma opacum
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Black with dorsal pattern of Silvery or white transverse bands
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Common name: Streamside Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma barbouri
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Blue limbs, thicker body shape, costal groves 14 or 15, short snout
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Common name: Jefferson Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Long toes, grayish brown with bluish, lichen-like lateral markings
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Common name: Spotted Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma maculatum
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Dorsal spots circular and in more or less parallel rows, no yellow markings on belly
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Common name: Eastern Tiger Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma Tigrinum
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Dorsal spots irregular in shape and arrangement, yellow spots or mottling on belly
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Common name: Blue spotted salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma laterale
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: Toes shorter, sometimes failing to meet when limbs are appressed; length rarely exceeding 5 inches, blackish with pale blue lateral and ventral flecks.
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Mole Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma talpoideum
Family: Ambystomatidae (Mole Salamanders)
Characteristics: …
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Common name: Eastern Newt
Scientific name: Notophthalmus viridescens
Family: Salamandridae (Newts & European Salamanders
Characteristics: No costal grooves, ridges on top of head
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Northern Dusky Salamander
Scientific name: Desmognathus fuscus
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Light stripe from eye to angle of the jaw; tail trigonometry in cross section
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Common name: Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Scientific Name: Plethodon cinereus
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Margin of stripe straight or finely serrated, costal grooves 18 or 19, (Stripes down back), tail often longer than body
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Common name: ZigZag Salamander
Scientific name: Plethodon dorsalis
Family: Plethodontidae
Characteristics: Costal grooves 16 or 17, tail rarely longer than body
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Common name: Northern Slimy Salamander
Scientific name: Plethodon glutinous
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Black with distinct white flecks that tend to coalesce on the sides; length up to 7 inches
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Four-toed Salamander
Scientific name: Hemidactylium scutatum
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: 4 toes on hind feet; belly milk white with black spots; tail contracted at base
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Common name: Green Salamander
Scientific name: Aneides aeneus
Family: Plethodontidae
Characteristics: Costal grooves 14 or 15, green or yellowish-green with dark, lichen like mottling
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Red Salamander
Scientific name: Pseudotriton ruber
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Dark dorsal spots small, numerous, often fused iris of eye gold
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Long-tailed Salamander
Scientific name: Eurycea longicauda
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Ground color yellow, sides of tail with dark vertical bars
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Common name: Cave Salamander
Scientific name: Eurycea lucifuga
Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
Characteristics: Ground color orange to red, side of tail with small dark spots, 11 costal folds
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Common name: N/A
Scientific name: N/A
Family: Rhyacotritonidae (Torrent Salamanders)
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Common name: N/A
Scientific name: N/A
Family: Dicamptodontidae (Pacific Giant Salamanders)
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Common name: Streamside Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma barbouri
Family: Ambystomatidae
Characteristics:
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Small-mouthed Salamander
Scientific name: Ambystoma texanum
Family: Ambystomatidae
Characteristics:
What is the common name, scientific name, family and distinguishable characteristics?
Common name: Southern two-lined salamander
Scientific name: Eurycea cirrigera
Family: Plethodontidae
