Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Amphibian
More specialized WordNet synsets
- Hynerpeton, genus Hynerpeton
- earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
- Hynerpeton bassetti
- fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania
- genus Ichthyostega
- second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland
- Ichyostega
- early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland
- salamander
- any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
- Urodella, order Urodella, Caudata, order Caudata
- salamanders; newts; congo snakes
- urodele, caudate
- amphibians that resemble lizards
- Salamandridae, family Salamandridae
- salamanders
- Salamandra, genus Salamandra
- type genus of the Salamandridae
- spotted salamander, fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa
- European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
- European fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra
- a kind of European salamander
- newt, triton
- small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and North Asia
- alpine salamander, Salamandra atra
- ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps
- red eft, Notophthalmus viridescens
- red terrestrial form of a common North American newt
- Triturus, genus Triturus
- chiefly aquatic salamanders
- common newt, Triturus vulgaris
- small semiaquatic salamander
- Notophthalmus, genus Notophthalmus
- newts
- California newt, Taricha torosa
- newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat
- Taricha, genus Taricha
- Pacific newts
- Pacific newt
- any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
- rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa
- newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California
- tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum
- widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches
- eft
- a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
- Ambystomatidae, family Ambystomatidae
- New World salamanders
- Ambystoma, genus Ambystoma
- type genus of the Ambystomatidae
- ambystomid, ambystomid salamander
- small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander
- mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum
- brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States
- spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum
- glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots
- waterdog
- any of several large aquatic salamanders
- axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum
- larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
- Cryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae
- large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders
- hellbender, mud puppy, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- large salamander of North American rivers and streams
- Cryptobranchus, genus Cryptobranchus
- type genus of the Cryptobranchidae
- Megalobatrachus, genus Megalobatrachus
- giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus
- giant salamander, Megalobatrachus maximus
- large (to 3+ feet) edible salamander of Asia
- olm, Proteus anguinus
- European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills
- Proteidae, family Proteidae
- mud puppies
- Proteus, genus Proteus
- type genus of the Proteidae
- mud puppy, Necturus maculosus
- aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills
- Necturus, genus Necturus
- a genus of Proteidae
- Dicamptodontidae, family Dicamptodontidae
- large and small highly aquatic salamanders
- Pacific giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus
- large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
- genus Dicamptodon
- type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
- dicamptodon, dicamptodontid
- salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year
- olympic salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus
- small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States northwest
- Rhyacotriton, genus Rhyacotriton
- olympic salamanders
- lungless salamander, plethodont
- mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water
- Plethodontidae, family Plethodontidae
- small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
- Plethodon, genus Plethodon
- type genus of the Plethodontidae
- eastern red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus
- common salamander of eastern North America
- western red-backed salamander, Plethodon vehiculum
- salamander of the Pacific coast of North America
- Desmograthus, genus Desmograthus
- an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
- dusky salamander
- common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or grayish-black
- climbing salamander
- any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes
- Aneides, genus Aneides
- climbing salamanders
- slender salamander, worm salamander
- any of several small slim salamanders of the United States Pacific coast
- arboreal salamander, Aneides lugubris
- yellow-spotted brown salamander of California woodlands
- Batrachoseps, genus Batrachoseps
- slender salamanders
- Shasta salamander, Hydromantes shastae
- primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area
- Hydromantes, genus Hydromantes
- web-toed salamanders
- web-toed salamander
- any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
- amphiuma, congo snake, congo eel, blind eel
- aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
- limestone salamander, Hydromantes brunus
- similar to Shasta salamander; lives in cliff crevices and taluses
- Amphiumidae, family Amphiumidae
- congo snakes
- genus Amphiuma
- congo snakes
- siren
- eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
- Sirenidae, family Sirenidae
- sirens
- genus Siren
- a genus of Sirenidae
- frog, toad, toadfrog, anuran, batrachian, salientian
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- Salientia, order Salientia, Anura, order Anura, Batrachia, order Batrachia
- frogs, toads, tree toads
- Ranidae, family Ranidae
- nearly cosmopolitan family: true frogs
- woodfrog, Rana sylvatica
- wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands esp. spruce
- Rana, genus Rana
- type genus of the Ranidae
- true frog, ranid
- insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
- leopard frog, spring frog, Rana pipiens
- common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
- bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana
- largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
- green frog, spring frog, Rana clamitans
- similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada
- cascades frog, Rana cascadae
- mountain frog found near water; of United States northwest to California
- goliath frog, Rana goliath
- largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa
- pickerel frog, Rana palustris
- a meadow frog of eastern North America
- grass frog, Rana temporaria
- a common semiterrestrial European frog
- tarahumara frog, Rana tarahumarae
- Mexican frog found within a jump of two or water
- Leptodactylidae, family Leptodactylidae
- New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae
- leptodactylid frog, leptodactylid
- toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal
- robber frog
- small terrestrial frog of tropical America
- Eleutherodactylus, genus Eleutherodactylus
- completely terrestrial robber frogs
- Leptodactylus, genus Leptodactylus
- type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae
- Hylactophryne, genus Hylactophryne
- barking frogs
- barking frog, robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti
- of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
- crapaud, South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus
- large toothed frog of South and Central America resembling the bullfrog
- tree frog, treefrog
- any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
- Polypedatidae, family Polypedatidae
- Old World tree frogs
- Polypedates, genus Polypedates
- type genus of the Polypedatidae
- Ascaphidae, family Ascaphidae
- family of one species of frog: tailed frog
- Ascaphus, genus Ascaphus
- type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae
- Liopelma hamiltoni
- primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet
- tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui
- western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ
- Leiopelmatidae, family Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae, family Liopelmidae
- primitive New Zealand frogs
- Leiopelma, genus Leiopelma, Liopelma, genus Liopelma
- type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae
- true toad
- tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin
- Bufonidae, family Bufonidae
- true toads
- agua, agua toad, Bufo marinus
- largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- genus Bufo
- type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds
- bufo
- any toad of the genus Bufo
- natterjack, Bufo calamita
- common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
- European toad, Bufo bufo
- common toad of Europe
- Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus
- of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders
- American toad, Bufo americanus
- common toad of America
- Eurasian green toad, Bufo viridis
- Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring
- American green toad, Bufo debilis
- small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
- Texas toad, Bufo speciosus
- nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
- Discoglossidae, family Discoglossidae
- family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue
- southwestern toad, Bufo microscaphus
- a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States
- western toad, Bufo boreas
- of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
- obstetrical toad, midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans
- European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch
- Alytes, genus Alytes
- midwife toads
- midwife toad, Alytes cisternasi
- similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians
- fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina
- toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches on its underside
- Bombina, genus Bombina
- fire-bellied toads
- spadefoot, spadefoot toad
- burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
- Pelobatidae, family Pelobatidae
- spadefoot toads
- Scaphiopus, genus Scaphiopus
- New World spadefoot toads
- plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons
- of plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
- western spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii
- of California
- southern spadefoot, Scaphiopus multiplicatus
- of the United States southwest
- Hyla, genus Hyla
- type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads
- Hylidae, family Hylidae
- tree frogs
- tree toad, tree frog, treefrog
- arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
- spring peeper, Hyla crucifer
- small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
- Pacific tree toad, Hyla regilla
- most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
- canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor
- small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico
- chameleon tree frog
- a form of tree toad
- Acris, genus Acris
- cricket frogs
- cricket frog
- either of two frogs with a clicking call
- northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans
- of eastern and central United States
- eastern cricket frog, Acris gryllus
- cricket frog of eastern United States
- lowland burrowing treefrog, northern casque-headed frog, Pternohyla fodiens
- terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest
- Pseudacris, genus Pseudacris
- chorus frogs
- chorus frog
- any of several small North American frogs having a loud call
- Pternohyla, genus Pternohyla
- burrowing treefrogs
- Microhylidae, family Microhylidae, Brevicipitidae, family Brevicipitidae
- narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
- Gastrophryne, genus Gastrophryne
- primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads
- eastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis
- small toad of southeastern United States
- western narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne olivacea
- small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
- tongueless frog
- almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
- Hypopachus, genus Hypopachus
- sheep frogs
- sheep frog
- mostly of Central America
- Pipidae, family Pipidae
- tongueless frogs
- Xenopodidae, family Xenopodidae
- in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae
- Pipa, genus Pipa
- type genus of the Pipidae
- Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, Pipa americana
- South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back
- Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae
- coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
- Xenopus, genus Xenopus
- African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae
- African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
- native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
- South American poison toad
- a South American toad
- Gymnophiona, order Gymnophiona
- an order of amphibians including caecilians (in former classifications it was called order Apoda)
- Labyrinthodontia, superorder Labyrinthodontia, Labyrinthodonta, superorder Labyrinthodonta
- extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
- caecilian, blindworm
- any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
- Stereospondyli, order Stereospondyli
- formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece: "most vertebrates are stereospondylous"
- labyrinthodont
- an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
- Stegocephalia, order Stegocephalia
- in former classifications a division of Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
- Temnospondyli, order Temnospondyli
- formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
- anuran, batrachian, salientian
- (zoology) relating to frogs and toads
- caecilian
- of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae