mudpuppies
Gilled water amphibians
Mudpuppies are large aquatic salamanders native to eastern North America, living permanently in lakes, rivers, and streams.
Unlike most salamanders, they retain their feathery external gills throughout life, never losing their larval features.
They're nocturnal bottom-dwellers, hiding under rocks and debris by day: We found a mudpuppy under a submerged log.
Also called waterdogs.
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
- newtSmall aquatic salamander
- axolotlPermanently larval salamander
- caudataHaving a tail
- neotenyRetaining juvenile characteristics
herpetology · tetrapod · vertebrate · ectothermic · cold-blooded · metamorphosis · limbed · tail
Non-saline aquatic environment
- streamsContinuous flows of something
- riversFlowing bodies of water
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
- pondsSmall freshwater bodies
wetlands · benthic · sediment · silt · submerged · habitat · riparian · muddy
salamander
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
neoteny · herpetology · tetrapod · vertebrate · ectothermic · cold-blooded · metamorphosis · limbed · tail · slimy
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
ponds · wetlands · benthic · sediment · silt · submerged · habitat · riparian · muddy · riverbeds
feathery
Light and soft-textured
respiration · oxygen · breathing · filaments · cutaneous · buccal · lamellae · ruffled
nighttime
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
crepuscular · moonlight · nightfall · foraging · secretive · elusive · hiding · bottom-dwelling · cryptic · sluggish