Salamander [UK II]

Cryptobranchoidea

Salamandroidea

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela from the group Caudata. Urodela is a scientific Latin term based on the Ancient Greek : ourà dēlē "conspicuous tail". Caudata is the Latin for... meer