cave salamander
English
Noun
cave salamander (plural cave salamanders)
- Any of several species of salamander that inhabit caves, chiefly of the family Plethodontidae, but also including the olm, Proteus anguinus, often showing adaptations to living in such a lightless environment.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 127:
- Europe's cave salamanders, scientists agree, must havve come form North America. But when, and by which route?
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 127:
Derived terms
- Texas cave salamander or Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)
- Honey Creek Cave blind salamander or Comal blind salamander (Eurycea tridentifera)
- Ozark blind salamander or grotto salamander (Eurycea spelaea)
- Ambrosi's cave salamander or French cave salamander, or Spezia cave salamander (Speleomantes ambrosii)
- imperial cave salamander or scented cave salamander (Speleomantes imperialis)
- Supramonte cave salamander (Speleomantes supramontis)
- Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus)
- Monte Albo cave salamander or Stefani's salamander (Speleomantes flavus)
- Strinati's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii)
- Sarrabus' cave salamander (Speleomantes sarrabusensis)
- Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus
- Big Mouth Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides
- Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus)
- brown cave salamander, Gene's cave salamander, Sardinian cave salamander, Sardinian salamander (Atylodes genei)
- cave splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton mosaueri)
- Georgia blind salamander (Haideotriton wallacei)