efts
Young terrestrial amphibians
Efts are newts, particularly in their juvenile land-dwelling stage.
The word is old-fashioned and largely replaced by newt in modern usage, though it persists in some regional dialects and nature writing: We found efts under the rotting logs.
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
- tadpoleImmature aquatic amphibian
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
herpetology · caudata · vertebrate · cold-blooded · pondlife · marsh · bog · wetlands
Immature aquatic amphibian
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- immatureNot fully developed
- terrestrialRelating to land
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
hatchling · young · developmental · subadult · metamorph
Profound biological restructuring
- transformationThorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- transitionChange from one state
aquatic · terrestrial · gills · lungs · larval · adult · stages · maturation
salamander
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
aquatic · herpetology · caudata · vertebrate · cold-blooded · pondlife · marsh · bog · wetlands · frogs
tadpole
Immature aquatic amphibian
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- immatureNot fully developed
- terrestrialRelating to land
fledgling · hatchling · young · developmental · subadult · metamorph
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- transformationThorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
transition · aquatic · terrestrial · gills · lungs · larval · adult · stages · maturation