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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Woodland Salamander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Woodland Salamanders is the name often given to salamanders of the genus Plethodon, due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage.
Salamanders are affected by the same environmental factors as their noisier relatives, but are more challenging to find and study.
Salamander eggs are surrounded by a matrix of jelly, which distinguishes them from frog egg masses in which single eggs are merely clustered together.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Woodland-Salamander   (217 words)

  
 AmphibiaWeb
Intraspecific and sex-specific oophagy in a salamander and a frog: reproductive convergence of Taricha torosa and Bombina orientalis.
Metazoan parasites of the graybelly salamander, Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas.
Karyology and systematics of the salamander genus Pseudobranchus (Sirenidae).
www.amphibiaweb.org /refs/lannoo/M.html   (10291 words)

  
  Herpbreeder.dk
Hairston, N.G. Intergradation in Appalachian salamanders of the genus Plethodon.
Mohr, C.E. The eggs of the zig-zag salamander, Plethodon cinereus dorsalis.
Organ, J.A. Courtship and spermatophore of the salamander Plethodon glutinosus.
www.herpbreeder.com /worldspecies/Caudata/plethodontidae/plethodonlit.htm   (2790 words)

  
 IB-OR-98-246-Survey and Manage Amphibian Protocol Adjustments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Triggers are disturbances that require suitable salamander habitats within a proposed project area, and sometimes suitable salamander habitats in the adjacent area, to be surveyed.
Suitable salamander habitat at the site should be surveyed a distance into the adjacent area that may match the edge effect distance relative to microclimate conditions important to these salamanders.
In Washington and Oregon, the eastern boundary for surveys is expanded east of the Cascade crest, to the eastern Cascade Range foothills.
www.blm.gov /nhp/efoia/or/fy98/IBs/b98246.htm   (3401 words)

  
 Herpbreeder.dk
Marvin, G.A. Territorial behavior of the plethodontid salamander Plethodon kentucki: influence of habitat structure and population density.
Census of a population of Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus).
Trauth, S.E. Spermathecal Anatomy and the onset of Mating in the Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) in Alabama.
herpbreeder.com /worldspecies/Caudata/plethodontidae/plethodonlit.htm   (2790 words)

  
 Woodland salamander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woodland salamanders are the salamanders of the genus Plethodon.
They are so named due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage.
Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodland_salamander   (86 words)

  
 Salamanders, Salamander, Tiger Salamander, Species Of Salamanders, Fire Salamander, Spotted Salamander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 In Search of the Queen
The members of the Eurycea genus are known as the Brook Salamanders, and the Two-Lined certainly live up to their name here, almost always found under wet stones on the edge of the water.
Brook Salamanders go through an aquatic larval stage, and these larvae can ususally be found in the shallows under stones with a little searching.
Another common salamander species usually found a bit further from the water is the Eastern Zig Zag Salamander (Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis), a creature of the damp leaf litter,and often found under rotting logs and tree bark.
www.pingleton.com /field/queen/queen3.htm   (447 words)

  
 E. Zig Zag Salamander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Under the next rock you might find a dorsalis that looks identical to a Redback Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, that is, sans zig zags.
The third rock over may shelter a Leadback Zig Zag, with no pattern and a dark grey color with silvery grey flecks.
Salamander identification is difficult at best, and sometimes all you can do is rely on the range maps in your Field Guide.
gto.ncsa.uiuc.edu /mike/LifeCaudates/zigzag.htm   (75 words)

  
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He also drew my attention to the fact that we were ignorant even of the geography of the central and eastern parts of these mountains, while all to the north was involved in a mystery equally attractive to the traveller and the naturalist.
In the route I had taken, I had crossed the eastern extremity alone of the range, commencing with a very gradual ascent, over the alluvial plains of the west bank of the Hoogly, then over laterite, succeeded by sandstone of the Indian coal era, which is succeeded by the granite table-land, properly so called.
The mango, which is certainly _the_ fruit of India, (as the pine-apple is of the Eastern Islands, and the orange of the West,) was now blossoming, and a superb sight.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/hmjn110.txt   (16133 words)

  
 ITIS Standard Report Page: Plethodon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Plethodon chattahoochee Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 -- Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
Plethodon kiamichi Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 -- Kiamichi Slimy Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917 -- Wehrle's Salamander
www.itis.usda.gov /servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173648   (602 words)

  
 Eye-Shaped and Horned Glass Beads from China and Greece
For producing glass were absolutely necessary ceramic kilns and the symbol of the potters and later of the glass manufacturers was the salamander, because it was believed that it can survive high temperatures (its skin diffuses a liquid that helps) and that even settled in the fire.
In Versailles mirrors on the wall (Galerie des glaces) contributed to the splendour of the Palace.
Glass objects of this period, found in China, after chemical analysis seem to be rather imported from the West and products of workshops of the Romans and of the Sassanids, which came to China mainly from the sea, but, also, over the land Silk Route.
www.greecetravel.com /archaeology/mitsopoulou/glass.html   (4217 words)

  
 Gubang Trip Dec. 2004
Further upstream is a silhoutte of the eastern mountain range of Gubang, our destination.
The hills are dotted with houses that appears to be white in a palette full of green.
The north side is the towering Cordillera mountains and over the eastern hills is the Gubang river.
www.vintar.com /gubang/index.html   (1591 words)

  
 Wildlife FAQ - Appalachian Trail Conservancy
But true “wilderness,” in the sense of untouched wild country, is rare, even on the A.T. Much of the land that the Trail follows was once farmland—even the steep, stony, remote slopes—and nearly all of it has been logged at some time during the last four centuries.
The fl bear and eastern timber rattlesnake, although not uncommon along the Trail, are on the rare species list.
You may also find a number of rare crustaceans, reptiles, and amphibians, including the zig-zag salamander, northern cricket frog, triangle floater mussel, Jefferson salamander, Appalachian brook crayfish, wood turtle, broadhead skink, pigmy salamander, shovelnose salamander, Shenandoah salamander, Weller's salamander, and squawfoot mussel.
www.appalachiantrail.org /site/c.jkLXJ8MQKtH/b.1080243/k.832E/Wildlife_FAQ.htm   (904 words)

  
 THE WAR WITH THE NEWTS
  The Baltic salamander is presently the greatest soldier in the world; trained to the perfect mentality, it sees war is its proper vocation and the most noble; it enters every battle with the enthusiasm of a fanatic, with cool technical planning and the awful discipline of Prussia.
X was just a reactionary and declared that they would not allow anything that would  impede the supply of goods to the newts; the working man had only just achieved full employment and a proper wage and now Mr.
November, radio hams over most of Europe suffered serious interference to their reception, as if a new and exceptionally strong broadcaster was operating.
www.finitesite.com /dandelion/wwnbk3.htm   (12346 words)

  
 index.htm
Black body with a row of large yellow spots on each side going from the eye to the tip of the tail.
Red to yellowish light stripe on back with zig zag or wavy border.
Similar to the dusky salamander but with a row of white or red spots on the sides (portholes).
www.auburn.edu /academic/science_math/res_area/herpetology/salamanders/Caudata.htm   (602 words)

  
 MTSU Department of Biology
Prevalence of physical abnormalities in Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) populations of middle Tennessee.
Chemosensory assessment of predation risk in plethodontid salamanders: snake cue detection, predator diet sensitivity, and refuge use.
The ontogeny of the dentition of the marbled salamander, Ambystom opacum.
www.mtsu.edu /~biol/faculty/miller.htm   (492 words)

  
 JOHN HENRY BRIGANCE, Military History of
Further up the bay, on the eastern side, on a tongue of land not represented on the map, was Spanish Fort, and still further up nearer the city, was Blakely, another fortified place.
The sole approach to the city through the bay was a tortuous and narrow channel, marked out by stakes, which ran zig-zag across to Blakley, then down to Spanish Fort and then on out to the Gulf; all the rest of the bay was filled with torpedoes and a variety of other obstructions.
Our works were arranged to resist an attack from the interior, and, beginning at the southern and lip end of the "tongue," ran in a semi-circle around the inside rim of the high land, resting at each end on the bay.
gen.1starnet.com /civilwar/brigancj.htm   (12232 words)

  
 e-Naturalist: Boxed In   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A: An Eastern Glass Lizard lays 8-17 eggs and these hatch in about 2 months with the female remaining with the eggs during this time.
However, young children are not encouraged to have pets that may be carriers as they're not careful about hygiene (their hands should be washed after any handling of their pet).
You're going to have trouble keeping your Spotted Salamander alive over the winter so it would be best to release it in appropriate habitat anyway.
www.enaturalist.org /unit/37   (1909 words)

  
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Seven occupy the eastern end of the apse and give scenes taken from the life of St Foy.
At the eastern side of the town stands St Croix, a fifteenth century church with a most spacious interior.
There is much beautiful glass dating from three hundred years ago in the windows of the nave and transepts, but perhaps the feature which will be remembered most when other impressions have vanished, will be the finely carved statues belonging to the fourteenth century which were brought here from the Abbey of Bec.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/8/5/0/8505/8505.txt   (22175 words)

  
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If you don't follow directions properly and keep an eye out for the obscure spots, you'll either give up in frustration or you'll end up getting killed by the Salamanders here, since they are no easy task to deal with either.
If you go left, you'll continue through the level where you'll be greeted by 2 Salamanders patrolling the area.
Follow the path, then you'll eventually see 2 Salamanders come from the ceiling and throw out fire one at a time.
www.cheatcc.com /dc/sg/maken_x.txt   (20538 words)

  
 Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first time I saw Zig-zag Salamanders was at Pine Hills.
Its sometimes difficult to think that these salamanders, living so close together could look this different.
All images are property of Scott Albert and cannot be used without permission
ilherps.com /id28.html   (72 words)

  
 Slide #226 Monograph
The following is an analysis of the five main areas of the map itself: Asia, Africa, Europe, the Mediterranean and the allegorical features; each area being treated separately.
The river begins as a lake near Mount Hesperus and apparently ends as a lake, but it submerges to reappear as the Lower Nile, forming Africa's eastern boundary.
Behind the blue band of the river is a grim array of grotesque figures to indicate the existence of primitive peoples.
www.henry-davis.com /MAPS/EMwebpages/226mono.html   (5047 words)

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