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| Family: Medium to large terrestrial salamanders, obligate or facultative paedomorphosis. |
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| Family: Very reduced limbs, reduced number of digits, incomplete metamorphosis. |
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| Family: Tail laterally compressed, fleshy skin folds for respiration, suction feeders. |
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| Family: Giant Salamanders, usually brown mottled with black. |
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| Family: marginal teeth not parallel to vomerine teeth. Lungs often reduced. |
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| Family: lungless salamanders, have nasolabial grooves. |
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| Family: Adults have large external gills, caudal fin, no eyelids, no upper jaw, and reduced number of digits on front & rear limbs. |
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| Family: torrent salamanders, Squared glands posterior to vent, Plain brown or olive colored dorsum with mottling and bright yellow/yellow-green venter |
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| Family: true salamanders, Costal grooves absent, often have parotoid glands on skin. |
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| Family: lack pelvic girdle and hindlimbs, have reduced front limbs, no marginal teeth. |
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ecomorph: these larvae have small gill filaments and rakers and a poorly developed tail
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| Ecomorph: these larvae are not free living or feeding |
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| Ecomorph: these larvae have large gill filaments and rakers and extensive fins |
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| CO species: e large and stocky salamanders, with broad heads, small eyes with a dark background and yellow bars |
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