Researchers find that Plethodontidae, a dominant family of salamanders, all of which are lungless as adults, actually develop lungs as embryos shedding light on the evolution of lung loss over ...

Rare spotted Appalachian salamander is lungless animal species and in danger, at risk of going extinct, lives in rock faces, scientists say ...

A giant salamander — one the biggest ever known to prowl the forests of ancient Appalachia — is offering new insight into the region’s remarkable amphibian diversity. Thanks to a fossil unearthed near ...

This spring, once the gorge was accessible and he obtained permits, Apodaca began a rescue operation for the greens living in ...

Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as amphibians. Amphibians are ectothermic, vertebrates, lay eggs, and undergo an ...

Bolitoglossa salamanders are also known as “‘mushroom-tongued’ or ‘tropical lungless’ salamanders ” and have “a very long and rapidly projected tongue,” according to a 2023 study.

Other woodland lungless salamanders include the slimy salamander, known by its white-flecked black body, large size (six inches) and the copious amounts of sticky mucous it produces when handled. The ...

Hidden by their size and habits, salamanders — those charismatic microfauna integral to ecological functions — are equally worthy of consideration.

They found that lungless salamanders begin developing lungs as embryos in much the same way as species with lungs develop them.

Rare spotted Appalachian salamander is lungless animal species and in danger, at risk of going extinct, lives in rock faces, scientists say ...

Bolitoglossa salamanders are also known as “‘mushroom-tongued’ or ‘tropical lungless’ salamanders ” and have “a very long and rapidly projected tongue,” according to a 2023 study.

Rare spotted Appalachian salamander is lungless animal species and in danger, at risk of going extinct, lives in rock faces, scientists say ...