Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old genus of urodele batrachians, formerly used with great latitude, now made type of a special family, Salamandridæ, and restricted to such species as S. maculosa, the common spotted salamander of central and southern Europe.
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- noun type genus of the Salamandridae
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Examples
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The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is one of the largest species of salamander in the world; its range includes most of Europe, a portion of North Africa, and the Mediterranean Middle East.
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Yesterday I visited Bernie to compare dead stag beetles (go here for more on this) and to collect both my dead Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra, and an assortment of old stuffed birds (all of which are needed for a project on foot claw morphology: more on that in the future).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Endemic amphibian species are also distributed in certain mountain areas where conifer and broadleaf forests occur (i.e. Salamandra salamandra corsica, Discoglossus montalentii, and Euproctus montanus).
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CONSEQUENCE: It is unlikely that the Purkinje cell causes the excess in lungfish, frogs, salamandra, etc. but very possible that the Purkinje cell growth, as an illustration of the RULE, might be found in some sub-species as excessively slow to build EXCEPTION.
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An important number of endemic amphibian and reptile species appear in high mountain lakes, meadows, and rocky areas including Lacerta monticola cyreni, Salamandra salamandra almanzorensis, and Bufo bufo gredosicola.
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The positive excesses will substantiate not only the proposed explanation by PROCESS but also actual species to pin down the culprit cell(s) for excessive reverberate iteration (onion, salamandra).
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These include European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), olive midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), and Mediterranean treefrog (Hyla meridionalis).
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There are a number of endemic subspecies found in this ecoregion including the Gredos ibex (Capra pyrenaica victoriae) and a number of herpetofauna species, Lacerta monticola cyreni, Salamandra salamandra almanzorensis, and Bufo bufo gredosicola.
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Endemic amphibian species are also distributed in certain mountain areas where conifer and broadleaf forests occur, for example Salamandra salamandra corsica, Discoglossus montalentii, and Euproctus montanus.
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It is to be remembered that the _salamandra aquatica_ of Ray (the water-newt or eft) will frequently bite at the angler's bait, and is often caught on his hook.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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