Definition of Plethodon

1. Noun. Type genus of the Plethodontidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Plethodon

Plectrophenax nivalis
Pleiad
Pleiadean
Pleiadeans
Pleiades
Pleiads
Pleiocene
Pleione
Pleiospilos
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Pleistophora
Pleotropic
Pleroma
Plesianthropus
Plethodon (current term)
Plethodon cinereus
Plethodon vehiculum
Plethodontidae
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachiidae
Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectidae
Pleurosorus
Pleurotus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus phosphoreus
Pleven
Plevna

Literary usage of Plethodon

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"4 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Plethodon (Plethodon VANDYKEI) ... Similar in general appearance to Plethodon intermedium, but much larger and ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Plethodon persimilis, Gray. Proc. Zool. Soc 1859, p. 230. Siam. 3 to 4 inches long Body long, cylindrical, without limbe, worm like tail absent or extremely ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1906)
"Its general appearance, owing to the greater broadness of head and body, is very suggestive of the various species of Plethodon. This resemblance is carried ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"From its great resemblance to the last-named species, Dr. Gray included the new one in the genus Plethodon. Having recently had occasion to examine the ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"The premaxillary bone is like that of Desmognathus, while the tongue is slightly freer than in Plethodon. The species exhibits weak extremities. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1918)
"A possible suggestion of the coloration in the genus Plethodon is that the ... Thus there would seem to be no trace in Plethodon of the influence of any ..."

7. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"4 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Plethodon (Plethodon VANDYKEI) ... Similar in general appearance to Plethodon intermedium, but much larger and ..."

8. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Plethodon persimilis, Gray. Proc. Zool. Soc 1859, p. 230. Siam. 3 to 4 inches long Body long, cylindrical, without limbe, worm like tail absent or extremely ..."

9. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1906)
"Its general appearance, owing to the greater broadness of head and body, is very suggestive of the various species of Plethodon. This resemblance is carried ..."

10. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"From its great resemblance to the last-named species, Dr. Gray included the new one in the genus Plethodon. Having recently had occasion to examine the ..."

11. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"The premaxillary bone is like that of Desmognathus, while the tongue is slightly freer than in Plethodon. The species exhibits weak extremities. ..."

12. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1918)
"A possible suggestion of the coloration in the genus Plethodon is that the ... Thus there would seem to be no trace in Plethodon of the influence of any ..."

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