The North American Hydromantes species are sometimes called web-toed salamanders. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Two representatives of the salamander genus Hydromantes are endemic to this region. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the California Floristic Province] Reference
A novel antipredator mechanism in salamanders: rolling escape in Hydromantes platycephalus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
A second example are salamanders 1. Italian cave salamander Hydromantes italicus, no morphological cave adaptations. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Tech - The Real Answer - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
If Hydromantes and Speleomantes are the same genus, the distribution of this taxon is pretty odd: it occurs as relict populations in Italy, France and Sardinia, and then also in California. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
When I was learning the herpetofauna of Europe as a teenager, Hydromantes (= Speleomantes) was always said to include just two species (H. italicus Dunn, 1923 and H. genei (Temminck & Schegel, 1838)). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
While many species capture insects with a projectile tongue, Hydromantes supramontis (one of the European plethodontids) actually fires its tongue skeleton out of its mouth, with the tongue protruding for up to 80% of its body length during this act. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Italian Cave Salamander (Hydromantes italicus), Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference
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