newt
ന്യൂട്ട്
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Around 5,000 amphibian species, including frogs, toads, newts , and salamanders are thought to exist today.
a small, slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed.
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Rare species include the Pacific pond turtle, the California red-legged frog, the California 'newt' , and the California tree frog.
But some populations of garter snakes eat the 'newt' willingly.
After initially seizing and beginning to swallow a newt, many snakes subsequently release the 'newt' after as much as one hour of holding the prey item in the mouth and upper digestive tract.
The tail sweep of a tuna, a 'newt' , a crocodile, or a whale is the leverage act of the backbone pushing water with the expanded tail.
The park was transformed from wasteland in 1997 and is home to a fascinating array of wildlife including frogs, toads, 'newts' , dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies and birds.
A study by Conservation International, an American organisation, found that nearly a third of frogs, toads, 'newts' and other amphibian species were likely to disappear within 100 years.
The ‘true salamanders’ tend to be smooth skinned, while the 'newts' are unlike all other salamanders in having rough skin that is not slimy.
Truly cold-blooded animals like lizards, 'newts' , turtles, and crocodilians, which are superabundant farther south are missing, he said.
There are seven categories of fish, including the basking shark, and the same number of amphibians and reptiles such as turtles, toads, lizards and 'newts' .
The sudden arrival of warm wet weather caused a mass night-time migration of frogs, 'newts' and toads to deluge the centre in Barnes.
A pond is a little world in itself, he says, home to a dizzying array of creatures from frogs and 'newts' to water boatmen, diving beetles, dragonflies and damselflies.
Creating log piles may help to attract hedgehogs, and rockeries may attract frogs, 'newts' and toads who usually spend winter on land.
Their steep slopes are the nearest thing to a rainforest in Europe, overflowing with springs and pools which are home to salamanders and 'newts' .
Among vertebrates, 'newts' and other urodele amphibians show a remarkable capacity for regeneration.
Forty-four adult male and 11 adult female red-spotted 'newts' were collected from a private pond in Chenango County, New York, in late May 2000.
There are 'newts' , toads, frogs and fish - all of which birds feed on.
Water provides a breeding place for frogs, toads, 'newts' and dragonflies.
Around 5,000 amphibian species, including frogs, toads, 'newts' , and salamanders are thought to exist today.
Viable woodlands are just as critical as clean waters for frogs, toads, turtles, salamanders, 'newts' , and many species of reptiles.
Some amphibians we know today include frogs, toads, 'newts' and salamanders.
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