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Axolotl are salamanders of the genus Amblystoma found in North America. The Axolotl is a stoutly-built lizard-like animal, about 25 cm long, dark grey in colour with black spots. The tail is flattened and has a semi-transparent membranous fin. The head is flat and broad and has three feathery gills on each side. The Axolotl retain many larval characteristics, but can develop into full adults in certain conditions. In Mexico they were eaten as a delicacy by the native Indians.
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Batrachians was the fourth order in Cuvier's arrangement of the class Reptilia, comprising frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and sirens. The term was often employed as synonymous with amphibia, but was more usually restricted to the order Anura or tailless amphibia.
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Garter snake is a popular name for the non-venomous North American snakes of the genus Thamnophis of the family Colubridae. Typically they are marked with longitudinal stripes which resemble a garter, whence their name. Garter snakes eject a foul secretion from a gland near the anus when attacked or threatened, and are harmless to humans. Garter snakes are aquatic, living near to water and spending a good deal of time in it hunting by scent for insects, earthworms and amphibians (frogs, toads and salamanders).
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The salamander is a small amphibian of the subclass urodela. They have a small rounded plump, usually spotted body without a dorsal crest.
Salamanders are widely distributed throughout Europe but are absent from Britain.
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The urodela are a subclass of amphibia. They are the newts and salamanders. The tail persists throughout life. The fore and hind limbs are poorly developed.
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The Salamanders are elementals evolved in the realm of Fire.
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