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Anura
Pelobatidae Spadefoot toad family physical characteristics |
69 species - coccyx, boney end of the vertebral column fused to sacral vertebra. teeth on upper jaw, smooth skin and absence of parotoid glands separates them from true toads
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Anura
Pelobatidae breeding |
breeds in temporary rainpools
adaptations - accelerated development |
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Anura
Bufoindae True frogs |
300 species
squat, plump rough warty skin breeds in spring summer eggs in strings - males have ovary if testes damaged |
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Hylidae
Tree frog acris - cricket frogs |
shill measured clicking
Breed - Apri to August in N. earlier in west sunny ponds with groth of vegetation diurnal |
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Hylidae
Tree frog Hyla - Pine Barrens Treefrog |
nasal honk repeated 1per second
Swamps, streas acid bog noctural habitat threatened by destruction |
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Anura
Hylidae - tree frogs Pseudacris - chorus frogs |
plump toad-shaped green to reddishbrown
single clear bell-like note breeding Nov to June eggs attached to submerged vegetation nocturnal |
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Anura
Microhylida Narrow mouth toads and sheep frogs |
270 species
reduced shoulder girdle lack teethfold of skin across back of narrow, pointed head smooth, plump smooth moist skinlegs short hind feet have tubercles used in diggin |
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Anura
Microhylida Narrow mouth toads and sheep frogs |
night time feed on ants
males bleating call to females eggs in thin floating film hatch in few days |
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Anura
Ranidae True frogs |
bony breastbone horizontal pupils - large frogs slim waists, long legs, pointed toes, extensive webbing
excellent jumpers |
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Anura
Ranidae True frogs |
truly amphibious
voracious carnivores, insects, spiders, crustaceans mating in springeags in strings or rafts up to 20,000 eggs |
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Caudata - salamanders
Cryptobranchidae - hellbenders |
giant - totally aquatic body and head flattened loose flap of skin along lower sides single pair of circular gill openings on neck
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Caudata - salamanders
Cryptobranchidae - hellbenders |
breeding late aug to early sept
eggs 200-500 in long strings male guards nest clear fast-flowing streams and rivers with rocky bottoms |
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Caudata - salamanders
Cryptobranchidae - hellbenders |
Allegheny alligator
devil doglong-term survival threatened by dam construction pollution |
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Caudata - salamanders
Proteidae -mud puppies and water dogs |
aquatic permanent larvae, characterized by deep red plumelike gills - 4 toes on both front and hind feet
strongly compressed tails |
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Caudata - salamanders
Proteidae -mud puppies and water dogs |
male vent is lined with tiny projections bears 2 fleshy lobes followed by transverse groove
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Caudata - salamanders
Proteidae -mud puppies and water dogs |
fertilization is internal eggs laid on undersides of stones or logs on stream bottoms female guards the eggs
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Caudata - salamanders
Amphiumidae - amphiumas |
smallest of salamanders
eel-like and bear 4 useless tiny limbs with 1-3 toes larvae hatch with external gills and do not transform completely |
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Caudata - salamanders
Amphiumidae - amphiumas |
adults lose gills but retain one pair of gill slits
nocturnal and carnivorous courtship in water fertilization internal - beadlike string of eggs in depression in shallow water female guards |
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Caudata - salamanders
Sirenidae - sirens |
aquatic permanent larvae -mistaken for eels - have long bodies with external gills and gill slits, no hind limbs, tiny forelegs
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Caudata - salamanders
Sirenidae - sirens |
carnivorous, forage at night, with watery habitat dries up, sirens burrow into mud, glands in skin secrete mucus cocoon to protect them
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Caudata - salamanders
Ambystomatidae - mole salamanders |
robust bodies, limbs and short blunt heads - lack of nasolabial groove between lip and nostrils distinguishes them from lungless salamanders
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Caudata - salamanders
Ambystomatidae - mole salamanders |
breeding season develo swelling aroun vent - larvae have wide heads with long plumelike gills and well-developed tail fins
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Caudata - salamanders
Ambystomatidae - mole salamanders |
fertilization internal - adults typically terrestrial and confirmed burrowers - both larvae and adults carnivorous
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Caudata - salamanders
Salamandridae - newts |
skin not slimy but rough textured unlike other salamanders,
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Caudata - salamanders
Salamandridae - newts |
breeding season male newts develop swollen vents, broadly keeled tails, and enlarged hind legs
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