web-toed salamander

Definitions of web-toed salamander
  1. noun
    any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
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    types:
    Hydromantes shastae, Shasta salamander
    primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area
    Hydromantes brunus, limestone salamander
    similar to Shasta salamander; lives in cliff crevices and taluses
    type of:
    salamander
    any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
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