Definition of Plethodontidae

1. Noun. Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Plethodontidae

Pleiadeans
Pleiades
Pleiads
Pleiocene
Pleione
Pleiospilos
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Pleistophora
Pleotropic
Pleroma
Plesianthropus
Plethodon
Plethodon cinereus
Plethodon vehiculum
Plethodontidae
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachiidae
Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectidae
Pleurosorus
Pleurotus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus phosphoreus
Pleven
Plevna
Plexiglas
Plicatoperipatus

Literary usage of Plethodontidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"plethodontidae Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil., 1866, 105. ... of the coal measures, and distinguish the genus from other plethodontidae. ..."

2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"2, pl. 1. TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Cushman, Washington. RANGE : The Olympic Mts. Washington plethodontidae (FAMILY) Batrachoseps (GENUS) BONAPARTE, ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"57. The Birds of Palestine and Panama Compared. Amer. Nat. Vol. II. 1869. 58. A Review of the Species of the plethodontidae and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"plethodontidae Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil., 1866, 105. ... of the coal measures, and distinguish the genus from other plethodontidae. ..."

5. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"2, pl. 1. TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Cushman, Washington. RANGE : The Olympic Mts. Washington plethodontidae (FAMILY) Batrachoseps (GENUS) BONAPARTE, ..."

6. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"57. The Birds of Palestine and Panama Compared. Amer. Nat. Vol. II. 1869. 58. A Review of the Species of the plethodontidae and ..."

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