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Development of young warty-newts.

Development of young warty-newts

Development of young warty-newts.

The common newt is a specimen of the Salamander family. It eats tadpoles and worms, which it eats with a peculiar quick snap, Hooker, 1882.

Newt

The common newt is a specimen of the Salamander family. It eats tadpoles and worms, which it eats with…

Newts belong to the "tailed" amphibian family; Urodela.

Newt

Newts belong to the "tailed" amphibian family; Urodela.

The common name applied to various classes of amphibians closely resembling the salamanders. The form is more slender than that of salamanders, their habits are more active, and they are oviparous. The different species are strictly air-breathers. They are aquatic in habits, and though the larval gills fall off when the animal is about three months old, they retain the larval tail.

Newt

The common name applied to various classes of amphibians closely resembling the salamanders. The form…

Small, bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America, Europe and North Asia.

Newt

Small, bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America, Europe and North Asia.

"In the newt a tail is superadded to the extremities, the tail and the extremities both acting in swimming."—Pettigrew, 1874

Crested Newt

"In the newt a tail is superadded to the extremities, the tail and the extremities both acting in swimming."—Pettigrew,…

"It is three and a half inches long, the skin smooth as a frog's; it lives in ponds and ditches, and is devoured in great quantites by fish of various kinds.' — Goodrich, 1859

Smooth newt

"It is three and a half inches long, the skin smooth as a frog's; it lives in ponds and ditches, and…

The mud puppy has two pairs of legs. It also has persistent external gills. It can attain a length of two feet.

Mud Puppy

The mud puppy has two pairs of legs. It also has persistent external gills. It can attain a length of…

The name given to various animals included in the class Amphibia and in the order Urodela of that class. The salamanders may be divided into the land salamander and the water salamanders.

Cold Blooded Salamander

The name given to various animals included in the class Amphibia and in the order Urodela of that class.…

The common warty-newt of Europe... is six inches long, and is common in large ponds and ditches, where it feeds voraciously on aquatic insects and other small animals, such as tadpoles, newts, etc.". It swims chiefly by its tail" — Goodrich, 1859

Common warty-newt

The common warty-newt of Europe... is six inches long, and is common in large ponds and ditches, where…