lungless salamander

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English

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The Carolina mountain dusky salamander, a species of lungless salamander.

Etymology

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lungless +‎ salamander

Noun

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lungless salamander (plural lungless salamanders)

  1. (herpetology) Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths.

See also

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